On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
All this is bitter hard; and many a man and city and people have found in it excuse for sulking, and brooding, and listless waiting.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Reflecting on the universal human response to severe hardship, this statement acknowledges the temptation to despair and inaction.
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