On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
Three centuries’ thought has been the raising and unveiling of that bowed human heart, and now behold a century new for the duty and the deed.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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This statement reflects on centuries of intellectual effort to understand human suffering and calls for action in the new century.
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