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Therefore, the ease it enjoys cannot but end in a curse, and the degradation it suffers cannot rise into a blessing.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Therefore, the ease it enjoys cannot but end in a curse, and the degradation it suffers cannot rise into a blessing.”
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Mann warns that the ease derived from slavery ultimately leads to negative consequences.
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