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Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not that men are wicked, — who is good? not that men are ignorant, — what is Truth? Nay, but that men know ...

~ W. E. B. Du Bois ~

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Herein lies the tragedy of the age: not that men are poor, — all men know something of poverty; not ...

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