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We must put society in a condition of physical comfort, before it will rise to mental excellence.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “We must put society in a condition of physical comfort, before it will rise to mental excellence.”
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Mann emphasizes the necessity of physical comfort for society to achieve mental excellence.
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My instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, may all mislead; but from the first time, now years ago, when I heard this subject broached, my instincts, reason, judgment, conscience, have all been in its favor.
Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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