On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Surely we have wit enough to found a Negro college so manned and equipped as to steer successfully between the dilettante and the fool.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois expresses confidence in the ability to establish Black colleges that can effectively balance academic rigor with practical relevance, avoiding intellectual superficiality or foolishness.
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