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What is scurrilously called ragtime is an invention that is here to stay. That is now conceded by all classes of musicians.

— Scott Joplin School of Ragtime (1908)

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Syncopations are no indication of light or trashy music, and to shy bricks at "hateful ragtime" no longer passes for musical culture.

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