# Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil

Author: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

Genre: African American Writers

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15210

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Darkwater%3A+Voices+from+Within+the+Veil+Du+Bois&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

These are the things of which men think, who live: of their own selves and the dwelling place of their fathers; of their neighbors; of work and service; of rule and reason and women and children; of Beauty and Death and War. To this thinking I have only to add a point of view: I have been in the world, but not of it. I have seen the human drama from a veiled corner, where all the outer tragedy and comedy have reproduced themselves in microcosm within. From this inner torment of souls the human scene without has interpreted itself to me in unusual and even illuminating ways. For this reason, and this alone, I venture to write again on themes on which great souls have already said greater w...

## Chapters

- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/darkwater-voices-from-within-the-veil-15210/chapters/17/index.md)