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Run the gamut, if you will, and let us have the Europeans who in sober truth over-match Nefertari, Mohammed, Rameses and Askia, Confucius, Buddha, and Jesus Christ.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Run the gamut, if you will, and let us have the Europeans who in sober truth over-match Nefertari, Mohammed, Rameses and…”
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Du Bois invites a comparison of historical figures, challenging the idea of European superiority in human achievement.
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