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No pert and easy word of encouragement, no merely dark despair, can lay hold of the roots of these things.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “No pert and easy word of encouragement, no merely dark despair, can lay hold of the roots of these things.”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois emphasizes the inadequacy of simple explanations for complex human emotions and experiences.
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