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A man must have a heart before he can feel, as he must have eyes before he can see.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “A man must have a heart before he can feel, as he must have eyes before he can see.”
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Mann asserts that one must possess emotional capacity to truly understand and feel, drawing a parallel to the necessity of physical senses.
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