The underlined portion of this reading passage is an example of which literary term? some who had been favored with blindness,

The answer is Paradox.

Paradox is a statement that may seem contradictory but it can be true or at the very least it makes sense. A paradox may be easier to explain with examples.

Example:

Less is more.

The statement tells us that what is less complicated is more often appreciated. The statement above uses two opposite words that contradict one another.