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But let a man know that there are things to be known, of which he is ignorant, and it is so much carved out of his domain of universal knowledge.

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
Known
Knowledge
Much
Things
Carved
Men
Domain
Ignorant
Universal
Ignorance

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