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Noble and illustrious bravery of the soul, which, when the yelling fiends of popular passion and prejudice beset the ascending pathway of virtue, can look to conscience, to posterity, and to God, and defy them all!
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Mann highlights the moral bravery required to stand against societal pressures in pursuit of virtue.
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