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It is an indestructible part of the nature of man.
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Mann asserts that the desire for freedom is an inherent aspect of human nature.
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No man of common sense, who has observed this result, can doubt for a moment that the system of free labor promotes the growth and prosperity of states in a much higher degree than the system of slave labor.
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Yet, by denying education to the slave, you destroy not merely the right, but the power, of personal examination in regard to all that most nearly concerns the soul’s interests.
Slavery is an unspeakable wrong to the conscience.
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