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Well, if this be your philosophy, don’t do the work by halves, but import Lucifer at once!
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Well, if this be your philosophy, don’t do the work by halves, but import Lucifer at once!”
Editor's note · Context
Mann sarcastically suggests that if one believes in compromising morals for talent, they might as well embrace evil outright.
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