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Of the Passing of the First-Born
Du Bois's most personal essay: the birth and death of his infant son Burghardt, and the terrible, almost-unspeakable relief that death spared him a life lived behind the Veil.
The death of Burghardt Du BoisGrief rendered as argumentBeing 'unbowed' by lossThe Veil as something even a father might wish on no child