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Knowledge is essential to all rational enjoyment; it is essential to the full and adequate performance of every duty.
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Mann emphasizes the necessity of knowledge for true enjoyment and fulfilling one's responsibilities.
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Cast it off, West Virginians, whilst yet you have the power; for if you let it descend unbroken to your children, it will have grown to a mountain of misery upon their heads.
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