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No combatants are so unequally matched as when one is shackled with error, while the other rejoices in the self-demonstrability of truth.

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
Matched
Rejoice
Error
Errors
Truth
Unequally
Self
Shackled
Combatants
Rejoices

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