Herein lies the tragedy of the ageNot that men are poor all men know something of poverty.Not that men are wicked who is goodNot that men are ignorant what is truthNay but that men know so little...

Herein lies the tragedy of the age
Not that men are poor all men know something of poverty.
Not that men are wicked who is good
Not that men are ignorant what is truth
Nay but that men know so little of men.
W.E.B. Du Bois

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There is but one coward on earth and that is the coward that dare not know.
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Herein lies the tragedy of the ageNot that men are poor all men know something of poverty.Not that men are wicked who is goodNot that men are ignorant what is truthNay but that men know so little of men. W.E.B. Du Bois

Herein lies the tragedy of the age
Not that men are poor all men know something of poverty.
Not that men are wicked who is good
Not that men are ignorant what is truth
Nay but that men know so little of men.
W.E.B. Du Bois