On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
He fought among his own, the low, the grasping, and the wicked, with that unbending righteousness which is the sword of the just.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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From his seminal work, this passage describes the moral courage required to confront corruption and injustice even within one's own community.
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