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It should be a verdict, therefore, which you can look upon, at the close of life, with conscientious satisfaction.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It should be a verdict, therefore, which you can look upon, at the close of life, with conscientious satisfaction.”
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Mann stresses the importance of a verdict that one can reflect upon with pride and integrity at the end of life.
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