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This is not the first temple that has been unrighteously invaded and taken possession of by money changers and those who sold doves,--doves! doves!!
Said by
Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Mann references historical invasions of sacred spaces to highlight ongoing injustices.

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