“ The Awakening I dreamed that I was a rose That grew beside a lonely way, Close by a path none ever chose, And there I lingered day by day. Beneath the sunshine and the show’r I grew and waited there apart, Gathering perfume hour by hour, And storing it within my heart, Yet, never knew, Just why I waited there and grew. I dreamed that you were a bee That one day gaily flew along, You came across the hedge to me, And sang a soft, loveburdened song. You brushed my petals with a kiss, I woke to gladness with a start, And yielded up to you in bliss The treasured fragrance of my heart; And then I knew That I had waited there for you. ”
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“ I had made my mind up that since I was not going to be a Negro, I would avail myself of every possible opportunity to make a white man's success; and that, if it can be summed up in any one word, means "money. ”
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“ In the life of everyone there is a limited number of experiences which are not written upon the memory, but stamped there with a die; and in the long years after, they can be called up in detail, and every emotion that was stirred by them can be lived through anew; these are the tragedies of life. ”
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“ O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrel's lyre? ”
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“ This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ The colored people of this country know and understand the white people better than the white people know and understand them. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. ”
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“ This country can have no more democracy than it accords and guarantees to the humblest and weakest citizen. ”
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“ Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ Oh, ma lady's lips am like de honey,Ma lady's lips am like de rose;An' I'm jes like de little bee a-buzzin''Round de flower wha' de nectah grows. ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics. ”
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“ Oh, ma lady's lips am like de honey,Ma lady's lips am like de rose;An' I'm jes like de little bee a-buzzin''Round de flower wha' de nectah grows. ”
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“ O black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire? How, in your darkness, did you come to know The power and beauty of the minstrel's lyre? ”
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“ Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cape of good fortune. ”
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“ Oh, ma lady's lips am like de honey,Ma lady's lips am like de rose;An' I'm jes like de little bee a-buzzin''Round de flower wha' de nectah grows. ”
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