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False conclusions which have been reasoned out are infinitely worse than blind impulse.

Horace Mann

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Horace Mann
Age: 63 †
Born: 1796
Born: May 4
Died: 1859
Died: August 2
American Politician
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Franklin
Massachusetts
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Impulse
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False
Worse
Blind

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