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There is a deeper pleasure in following truth to the scaffold or the cross, than in joining the multitudinous retinue, and mingling our shouts with theirs, when victorious error celebrates its triumphs.

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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Shouts
Cross
Celebrates
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Mingling
Crosses
Victorious
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Triumphs
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Retinue
Pleasure
Error
Multitudinous
Truth
Triumph
Scaffold

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