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To say that the seat of such a law is in the “bosom of God,” is the intensest blasphemy.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “To say that the seat of such a law is in the “bosom of God,” is the intensest blasphemy.”
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Mann condemns the idea that a law supporting slavery can be considered divine or righteous.
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