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The real realm of freedom was found in experience to be much narrower than this in one direction and much broader in another.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The real realm of freedom was found in experience to be much narrower than this in one direction and much broader in…”
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He concludes that the reality of freedom is more complex than the theoretical bounds suggest.
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