Grant all its ugliness and sin--the petty, horrible snarl of its putrid threads, which few have seen more near or more often than I--notwithstanding all this, the beauty of this world is not to be denied.
Du Bois acknowledges the world's ugliness but insists on recognizing its inherent beauty.
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