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Suppose these things, and in what a different condition would the charities and the sufferings of the world have been!
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Suppose these things, and in what a different condition would the charities and the sufferings of the world have been!”
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This passage reflects on the potential societal impact had key reformers not pursued their causes, emphasizing the importance of action.
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I answer, that this difference which they so be-little and disparage will often be all the difference between freedom and bondage, between life and death, between honor and infamy, between happiness and perdition.
The liberty of voting includes all other liberties.
A southern slave stands higher, politically, than a northern laborer, if the latter must vote as his employer dictates.
Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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