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> [I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of the whole year. As for me, I like to take my Christmas a little at a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/i-sometimes-think-we-expect-too-much-of-christmas-day-we-try-to-crowd-2/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

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## More by Ray Stannard Baker

> [There must be a technique for meeting pain. There must be a technique of endurance based on the power of the soul to maintain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/there-must-be-a-technique-for-meeting-pain-there-must-be-a-technique/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [One of the points in which I was especially interested was the Jim Crow regulations, that is, the system of separation of the races…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/one-of-the-points-in-which-i-was-especially-interested-was-the-jim/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [Nothing lasts-not even pain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/nothing-lasts-not-even-pain/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [Most of us have collections of sayings we live by. . . . Whenever words fly up at me from the printed page as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/most-of-us-have-collections-of-sayings-we-live-by-whenever-words-fly/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [And no book gives a deeper insight into the inner life of the Negro, his struggles and his aspirations, than, The Souls of Black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/and-no-book-gives-a-deeper-insight-into-the-inner-life-of-the-negro/)

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> [It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/it-is-not-short-of-amazing-the-power-of-a-great-idea-to-weld-men/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [Did you think you could have the good without the evil? Did you think you could have the joy without the sorrow? . .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/did-you-think-you-could-have-the-good-without-the-evil-did-you-think/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [The streets and alleys of the ward were notoriously filthy, and the contractors habitually neglected them, not failing, however, to draw their regular payments…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/the-streets-and-alleys-of-the-ward-were-notoriously-filthy-and-the/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [ When Lord Kelvin was in this country \[U.S.\], he said that nothing interested him so much as Mr. Hewitt's work and his vacuum lamp. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/when-lord-kelvin-was-in-this-country-u-s-he-said-that-nothing/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [A mob is the method by which good citizens turn over the law and the government to the criminal or irresponsible classes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/a-mob-is-the-method-by-which-good-citizens-turn-over-the-law-and-the/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [A few years ago no hotel or restaurant in Boston refused Negro guests; now several hotels, restaurants, and especially confectionary stores, will not serve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/a-few-years-ago-no-hotel-or-restaurant-in-boston-refused-negro-guests/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [I sometimes think we expect too much of Christmas Day. We try to crowd into it the long arrears of kindliness and humanity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/i-sometimes-think-we-expect-too-much-of-christmas-day-we-try-to-crowd-2/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [Thanksgiving is the holiday of peace, the celebration of work and the simple life...a true folk-festival that speaks the poetry of the turn of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/thanksgiving-is-the-holiday-of-peace-the-celebration-of-work-and-the/)

[Ray Stannard Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-stannard-baker/)

> [The discrimination is not made openly, but a Negro who goes to such places is informed that there are no accommodations, or he is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/the-discrimination-is-not-made-openly-but-a-negro-who-goes-to-such/)

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> [Adventure is not outside; it is within.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-stannard-baker/adventure-is-not-outside-it-is-within/)

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