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All this is the inevitable consequence of slavery; and it is as impossible for free, thorough, universal education to coëxist with slavery as for two bodies to occupy the same space at the same time.
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Mann argues that slavery and universal education cannot coexist, emphasizing the fundamental conflict between the two.
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