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Why do not those who are scarred in the world's battle and hurt by its hardness travel to these places of beauty and drown themselves in the utter joy of life?
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Du Bois questions why those suffering from life's struggles do not seek solace in nature's beauty.
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