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Vice and barbarism are the inseparable companions of ignorance.
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He connects ignorance with vice and barbarism, suggesting that they are intertwined.
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Out of this pernicious prejudice have proceeded that persecution and neglect which are the too frequent lot of the world's pioneers.
Endeavor, for a moment, by comparison with other interests, to grapple with this sum.
Rather would I arouse you to renewed and incessant exertion.
The first is a heavenly sentiment, from God: the other is a device of this world.
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