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I venture to predict, that in such a state of things, slaves will become cheap, and horses will become dear.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “I venture to predict, that in such a state of things, slaves will become cheap, and horses will become dear.”
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Mann predicts economic shifts in a society where slavery persists, highlighting the paradox of value in human and animal labor.
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Why, fellow-citizens, the ballot is worse than useless, if it be not FREE!
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