Taking it all in all and after all, negro life in Washington is a promise rather than a fulfillment. But it is worthy of note for the really excellent things which are promised
Paul Laurence DunbarSlight was the thing I bought, small was the debt I thought, Poor was the loan at best - God! but the interest!
Paul Laurence DunbarThe age is materialistic. Verse isn't. I must be with the age, so I am writing prose.
Paul Laurence DunbarWhat Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might have lived decently and become a fairly respectable citizen has gone to the dogs for the want of some one to administer a good resounding kick at the right time. It is corrective and clarifying.
Paul Laurence Dunbar