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Neither Roman nor Arab, Greek nor Egyptian, Persian nor Mongol ever took himself and his own perfectness with such disconcerting seriousness as the modern white man.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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In this passage, Du Bois comments on the seriousness with which modern white society regards itself, contrasting it with historical civilizations.
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