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James Weldon Johnson

"I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle."

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"I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle."

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"And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books."
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"Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst."
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"Shortly after this I was made a member of the boys' choir, it being found that I possessed a clear, strong soprano voice. I enjoyed the singing very much."
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"When we arrived in London, my sadness at leaving Paris was turned into despair. After my long stay in the French capital, huge, ponderous, massive London seemed to me as ugly a thing as man could contrive to make."
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"The peculiar fascination which the South held over my imagination and my limited capital decided me in favor of Atlanta University; so about the last of September I bade farewell to the friends and scenes of my boyhood and boarded a train for the South."
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"Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God."
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"She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves."
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"I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely."
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