Hence there is the broadest and most striking difference between stealing and malicious mischief.
Horace Mann: “Hence there is the broadest and most striking difference between stealing and malicious mischief.”
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Mann distinguishes between stealing and malicious mischief, highlighting their fundamental differences.
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