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When the Young Man of this class looks within himself, he finds the constitution of his own moral nature to be such, that annihilation with truth is better than the most favored existence with error.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “When the Young Man of this class looks within himself, he finds the constitution of his own moral nature to be such…”
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Mann believes that truth is preferable to a favored existence with error.
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