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But however highly we may estimate the humanizing power of hospitality, it cannot be regarded as any sufficient spring of character.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “But however highly we may estimate the humanizing power of hospitality, it cannot be regarded as any sufficient spring…”
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Mann argues that hospitality alone cannot build character or virtue.
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