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He is not a Christian whose humanity is bounded by the legal degrees of blood, or by general types of feature.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Mann argues that true Christianity transcends racial and familial boundaries, advocating for universal humanity.

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