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I answer, that this difference which they so be-little and disparage will often be all the difference between freedom and bondage, between life and death, between honor and infamy, between happiness and perdition.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “I answer, that this difference which they so be-little and disparage will often be all the difference between freedom…”
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Mann asserts that the difference between a jury's verdict and a commissioner's decision can have profound implications for individuals' lives.
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