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Reproof is a medicine, like mercury or opium if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.

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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
Medicine
Criticism
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Improperly
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Reproof
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Mercury
Opium
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