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W.E.B. Du Bois: “To be really true, all these ideals must be melted and welded into one.”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1903
To be really true, all these ideals must be melted and welded into one.
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W.E.B. Du Bois

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This passage concludes that for ideals to be truly effective, they must be integrated and unified into a single, cohesive vision.

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