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The word was mockery, for thus they train a hundred crimes while we do cure one.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The word was mockery, for thus they train a hundred crimes while we do cure one.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois critiques the superficiality of justice that fails to address deeper issues.
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