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You need not tell all the truth, unless to those who have a right to know it but let all you tell be truth.

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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
Unless
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Truth
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Right
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