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Looking back, I have this to regret, that too often when I loved, I did not say so.

And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black Folk.

From Ray Stannard Baker

A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.

From Ray Stannard Baker

One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races in street cars and railroad trains.

From Ray Stannard Baker

Talk of joy: there may be things better than beef stew and baked potatoes and home-made bread - there may be.

From Ray Stannard Baker

The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments from the city treasury.

From Ray Stannard Baker

In the beginning I thought, and still think, he did great good in giving support and encouragement to this movement. But I did not believe then, and have never believed since, that these ills can be settled by partisan political methods. They are moral and economic questions.

From Ray Stannard Baker

Goodness is uneventful. It does not flash, it glows.

From Ray Stannard Baker

A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.

From Ray Stannard Baker

Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the future he will be so honored.

From Ray Stannard Baker

Ray Stannard Baker

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