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W.E.B. Du Bois: “What with all my dreaming, studying, and teaching was I going to do in this fierce fight?”

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What with all my dreaming, studying, and teaching was I going to do in this fierce fight?
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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Du Bois questions the purpose of his intellectual pursuits in the face of societal struggles.

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