NORTH in Classic Quotes

1  The argument gathered tremendous strength South and North; but its very strength was its weakness.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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2  Next to this achievement comes Mr. Washington's work in gaining place and consideration in the North.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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3  In the North the feeling has several times forced itself into words, that Mr. Washington's counsels of submission overlooked certain elements of true manhood, and that his educational programme was unnecessarily narrow.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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4  Others less shrewd and tactful had formerly essayed to sit on these two stools and had fallen between them; but as Mr. Washington knew the heart of the South from birth and training, so by singular insight he intuitively grasped the spirit of the age which was dominating the North.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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5  It startled the nation to hear a Negro advocating such a programme after many decades of bitter complaint; it startled and won the applause of the South, it interested and won the admiration of the North; and after a confused murmur of protest, it silenced if it did not convert the Negroes themselves.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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6  The free Negroes of the North, inspired by the mulatto immigrants from the West Indies, began to change the basis of their demands; they recognized the slavery of slaves, but insisted that they themselves were freemen, and sought assimilation and amalgamation with the nation on the same terms with other men.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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