She was my first love, and I loved her as only a boy loves.

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Young man, young man, your arm's too short to box with God.

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As I look back now I can see that I was a perfect little aristocrat.

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Washington shows the Negro not only at his best, but also at his worst.

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As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.

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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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Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune.

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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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I had enjoyed life in Paris, and, taking all things into consideration, enjoyed it wholesomely.

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My mother was kept very busy with her sewing; sometimes she would have another woman helping her.

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