"The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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