From one piece The Souls of Black Folk (1903) 7 beliefs, in the piece's order there
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A university exists above all to connect real life with growing knowledge, not merely to teach bread-winningTheir words
The function of the university is not simply to teach bread-winning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization.
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Making the blacksmith a scholar is almost, but not quite, as silly as making the scholar a blacksmithTheir words
And to seek to make the blacksmith a scholar is almost as silly as the more modern scheme of making the scholar a blacksmith; almost, but not quite.
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So far as Mr. Washington preaches Thrift, Patience, and Industrial Training for the masses, we must hold up his hands and strive with him, rejoicing in his honors and glorying in the strength of this Joshua called of God and of man to lead the headless host. But so far as Mr. Washington apologizes for injustice, North or South, does not rightly value the privilege and duty of voting, belittles the emasculating effects of caste distinctions, and opposes the higher training and ambition of our brighter minds,-so far as he, the South, or the Nation, does this,-we must unceasingly and firmly oppose them.
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Black Americans need the vote in self-defence, or nothing will save them from a second slaveryTheir words
The power of the ballot we need in sheer self-defence,-else what shall save us from a second slavery?
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Black Americans need schooling more than ever, both practical training and higher cultureTheir words
The training of the schools we need to-day more than ever,-the training of deft hands, quick eyes and ears, and above all the broader, deeper, higher culture of gifted minds and pure hearts.
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Black Americans live with a double consciousness, always seeing themselves through the eyes of a contemptuous worldTheir words
It is a peculiar sensation, this double-consciousness, this sense of always looking at one's self through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.
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This meaning is not without interest to you, Gentle Reader; for the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line.