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Europe has never produced and never will in our day bring forth a single human soul who cannot be matched and over-matched in every line of human endeavor by Asia and Africa.
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Europe has never produced and never will in our day bring forth a single human soul who cannot be matched and…”
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He argues that Europe has not produced individuals who surpass the great figures of Asia and Africa in any field.
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