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Because, in the first place, I felt myself a moral and accountable being; and, as such, I could not do otherwise.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Because, in the first place, I felt myself a moral and accountable being; and, as such, I could not do otherwise.”
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Mann articulates his moral accountability as a reason for his actions against slavery.
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