"The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition."

Soul, Battle, Being, First

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"The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition."

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Poet

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"The human being is a most curious creature. He thinks he has got one soul, and he has got dozens."

David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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"If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"The soul, fortunately, has an interpreter - often an unconscious, but still a truthful interpreter - in the eye."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

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"The most beautiful rainbow is the one inside your soul."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"The divinity of the soul; life, light and love."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

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"The soul of sweet delight, can never be defiled."

William Blake, English Poet

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George Eliot, British Author

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"There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it."

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"In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms."

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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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