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In practice, we are where we were then; in spirit, there are proofs that we have gone backward.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “In practice, we are where we were then; in spirit, there are proofs that we have gone backward.”
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Mann expresses disappointment that, despite some spiritual progress, practical advancements against slavery have regressed.
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