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Why not always yield--always take what's offered,--always bow to force, whether of cannon or dislike?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Why not always yield--always take what's offered,--always bow to force, whether of cannon or dislike?”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois questions the morality of submission to oppression and the forces that seek to control individuals.
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