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Under our present relations, however, I do feel at liberty to use considerable plainness of speech.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Under our present relations, however, I do feel at liberty to use considerable plainness of speech.”
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Mann expresses his intention to speak plainly due to the current circumstances of their relationship.
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