On the record
Madness shall be on the people, ghastly jealousies arise; Brother’s blood shall cry on brother up the dead and empty skies.
Said by
W.E.B. Du Bois
Source
gutenberg.orgW.E.B. Du Bois: “Madness shall be on the people, ghastly jealousies arise; Brother’s blood shall cry on brother up the dead and empty…”
Editor's note · Context
Du Bois reflects on the destructive consequences of racial conflict and jealousy within society.
Share
More from W.E.B. Du Bois
Jan 1, 1903
Around us the history of the land has centred for thrice a hundred years; out of the nation’s heart we have called all that was best to throttle and subdue all that was worst; fire and blood, prayer and sacrifice, have billowed over this…
Jan 1, 1903
The silently growing assumption of this age is that the probation of races is past, and that the backward races of to-day are of proven inefficiency and not worth the saving.
Jan 1, 1903
Such an assumption is the arrogance of peoples irreverent toward Time and ignorant of the deeds of men.
Jan 1, 1903
Our song, our toil, our cheer, and warning have been given to this nation in blood-brotherhood.