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| | IV. Of the Meaning of Progress. Du Bois, W. E. B. 1903. The Souls of Black Folk |
 | | She seemed to be the centre of the family: always busy at service, or at home, or berry-picking; a little nervous and inclined to scold, like her mother, yet faithful, too, like her father. |
 | | There were the Dowells from their farm over toward Alexandria,Fanny, with her smooth fl face and wondering eyes; Martha, brown and dull; the pretty girl-wife of a brother, and the younger brood. |
 | | There were, however, somesuch as Josie, Jim, and Bento whom War, Hell, and Slavery were but childhood tales, whose young appetites had been whetted to an edge by school and story and half-awakened thought. |
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