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The riddle of the Sphinx may be postponed, it may be evasively answered now; sometime it must be fully answered.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “The riddle of the Sphinx may be postponed, it may be evasively answered now; sometime it must be fully answered.”
Editor's note · Context
In this metaphor, Du Bois suggests that difficult questions must eventually be confronted, regardless of avoidance.
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