Thus All Art Is Propaganda And Ever

The History Of The American Negro Is The History Of This Strife, - This Longing To Attain Self-conscious Manhood, To Merge His Double Self Into A Better And Truer Self. In This Merging He Wishes Neither Of The Older Selves To Be Lost... He Simply Wishes To Make It Possible For A Man To Be Both A Negro And An American.

The Music Of An Unhappy People, Of The Children Of Disappointment; They Tell Of Death And Suffering And Unvoiced Longing Toward A Truer World, Of Misty Wanderings And Hidden Ways.

The Theory Of Democratic Government Is Not That The Will Of The People Is Always Right, But Rather That Normal Human Beings Of Average Intelligence Will, If Given A Chance, Learn The Right And Best Course By Bitter Experience.

Life Has Its Pains And Evils-its Bitter Disappointments; But Like A Good Novel And In Healthful Length Of Days, There Is Infinite Joy In Seeing The World, The Most Interesting Of Continued Stories, Unfold.

The World Is Shrinking Together; It Is Finding Itself Neighbor To Itself In Strange, Almost Magic Degree.