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I mourn over her errors, and would die to reform, rather than spend one breath to defend them.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “I mourn over her errors, and would die to reform, rather than spend one breath to defend them.”
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Horace Mann expresses his deep regret over the mistakes of his state and his desire for reform rather than defense of those mistakes.
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