Asked by ruth

Refer to paragraph 16 of the "Address to the Niagara Movement."

What is the intended meaning of the phrase "whose nostrils are not yet befouled"?

Responses

uncorrupted
uncorrupted

disenchanted
disenchanted

unaware
unaware

indifferent

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
uncorrupted

It’s a metaphor meaning not yet tainted or morally polluted — still pure or untainted in spirit. The other choices (disenchanted, unaware, indifferent) don’t capture that sense.