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Benevolence is a world of itself -- a world which mankind, as yet, have hardly begun to explore. We have, as it were, only skirted along its coasts for a few leagues, without penetrating the recesses, or gathering the riches of its vast interior.

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
World
Explore
Recess
Riches
Leagues
Hardly
Interior
Vast
Benevolence
League
Interiors
Skirted
Along
Begun
Coasts
Mankind
Gathering
Recesses
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Coast
Penetrating

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