Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a go…

W. E. B. Du Bois
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Life has its pains and evils-its bitter disappointments; but like a good novel and in healthful length of days, there is infinite joy in seeing the World, the most interesting of continued stories, unfold.
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