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The world is shrinking together; it is finding itself neighbor to itself in strange, almost magic degree.

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The future woman must have a life work and economic independence. She must have the right of motherhood at her own discretion.
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Future Independence Life Mom Right Work
A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
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Best Book Writing
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
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Bill Civilization Man Price Right Work
There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
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Dare Earth Oneself
There is no force equal to a woman determined to rise.
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Determination Equality Force Rise Woman
Either America will destroy ignorance or ignorance will destroy the United States.
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Choice Democracy Destroy Ignorance
I believe that all men, black and brown, and white, are brothers, varying, through Time and Opportunity, in form and gift and feature, but differing in no essential particular, and alike in soul and in the possibility of infinite development.
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Believe Black Brother Development Men Myself Opportunity Possible Soul Time
Most men today cannot conceive of a freedom that does not involve somebody’s slavery.
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Deep Freedom Men Slave
As Negro voting increased, Congress got an improved sense of hearing.
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Hear Improvement Vote
A man does not look behind the door unless he has stood there himself.
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Door Himself Look Marriage Men Stand
Herein lies the tragedy of the age: Not that men are poor, – all men know something of poverty. Not that men are wicked, – who is good? Not that men are ignorant, – what is truth? Nay, but that men know so little of men.
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Age Goodness Ignorance Knowledge Lying Men Poor Tragedy
We must complain. Yes, plain, blunt complaint, ceaseless agitation, unfailing exposure of dishonesty and wrong – this is the ancient, unerring way to liberty and we must follow it.
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Failure Follow Honesty Liberty Wrong
There is in this world no such force as the force of a person determined to rise. The human soul cannot be permanently chained.
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Determination Force Human Peace Person Priosn Soul Success
When you have mastered numbers, you will in fact no longer be reading numbers, any more than you read words when reading books You will be reading meanings.
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Book Dee Mathematics Reading Science Yourself
The cause of war is preparation for war.
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Deep Preparation War
Most men in this world are colored. A belief in humanity means a belief in colored men. The future world will, in all reasonable probability, be what colored men make it.
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Belief Color Future Humanity Men Race World

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