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If the city of Boston debars him of this right of educating his son at the public charge, he can institute a suit against it and recover full damages.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann states that if Boston denies a citizen the right to educate their child at public expense, they can seek legal recourse.

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