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In what pagan nation was Moloch ever propitiated by such an unbroken and swift-moving procession of victims as are offered to this Moloch of Christendom, intemperance.

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
Victim
Intemperance
Nation
Christendom
Nations
Procession
Moving
Unbroken
Ever
Pagan
Swift
Victims
Offered
Moloch

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