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All securities for the life, liberty and property of us all, are swept away if such principles can be established.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “All securities for the life, liberty and property of us all, are swept away if such principles can be established.”
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Mann warns that the establishment of unjust principles threatens everyone's rights.
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