IGNORANCE in Classic Quotes

1  Nor was his burden all poverty and ignorance.

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

2  I saw much of this family afterwards, and grew to love them for their honest efforts to be decent and comfortable, and for their knowledge of their own ignorance.

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

3  There was the inevitable tendency of war to underestimate the prejudices of the master and the ignorance of the slave, and all seemed clear sailing out of the wreckage of the storm.

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

4  Men call the shadow prejudice, and learnedly explain it as the natural defence of culture against barbarism, learning against ignorance, purity against crime, the "higher" against the "lower" races.

The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
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5  By the poverty and ignorance of his people, the Negro minister or doctor was tempted toward quackery and demagogy; and by the criticism of the other world, toward ideals that made him ashamed of his lowly tasks.

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

6  Payments to Negro soldiers were at first complicated by the ignorance of the recipients, and the fact that the quotas of colored regiments from Northern States were largely filled by recruits from the South, unknown to their fellow soldiers.

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