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The American Race is marked by a brown complexion; long, black, lank hair; and deficient beard.

Samuel George Morton, George Combe (1839). “Crania Americana; Or, A Comparative View of the Skulls of Various Aboriginal Nations of North and South America: To which is Prefixed an Essay on the Varieties of the Human Species”, p.6, Philadelphia : J. Dobson ; London : Simpkin, Marshall

The rhythm persisted, the unfaltering common meter of blues, but the blueness itself, the sorrow, the despair, began to give way to hope.

Rudolph Fisher (1990). “The City of Refuge: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher”, p.156, University of Missouri Press

You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair.

Rohinton Mistry (2010). “A Fine Balance”, p.328, Vintage

Even every ray of hope destroyed and not a wish to gild the gloom.

Robert Burns (1859). “The Poetical Works and Letters of Robert Burns. With Life. Eight Engravings on Steel. (In this Edition the More Objectionable Passages and Pieces are Omitted.).”, p.81

So I came to the realization: Nothing in life is unfair. It's just life.

Rob Lowe (2011). “Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography”, p.303, Macmillan