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It were hard to find, in old king-ridden, priest-ridden, overtaxed Europe, so large a country, where, within twenty years past, such a growing poverty and desolation have appeared.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “It were hard to find, in old king-ridden, priest-ridden, overtaxed Europe, so large a country, where, within twenty…”
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Mann contrasts the poverty and desolation in parts of Europe with the conditions in the United States, attributing it to slavery.
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