Word: twoness
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...revelation of the other world. It is a peculiar sensation, this double consciousness, this sense of always looking at oneself through the eyes of others, of measuring one's soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity. One ever feels his twoness -an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder...
...after another in a grand "world settlement." The U.S. is fully aware that if it did so, it would only alienate its most valued friends; furthermore, anything negotiated would also require U.S. Senate approval. Such a deal is simply not in the cards. What the new trend in Big Twoness does foreshadow is the possibility of an ever-growing mutual exploration conducted in public of each other's ways. Neither side could hope to convert the other, but more realistic diplomatic dealings may be possible once that pragmatic fellow, Nikita Khrushchev, sees for himself that...