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I would give to every human being the best opportunity I could to develop and cultivate the faculties which God has bestowed upon him, and which, therefore, he holds under a divine charter.
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Mann advocates for providing every individual the opportunity to develop their God-given faculties.
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My instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, may all mislead; but from the first time, now years ago, when I heard this subject broached, my instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, have all been in its favor.
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Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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