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Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up all the vacuities of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up all the vacuities of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.”
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Mann warns that ignorance creates voids that are filled with harmful ideas.
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