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The recital of her offences can fall more sadly upon no ear than upon my own.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “The recital of her offences can fall more sadly upon no ear than upon my own.”
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Mann reflects on the sorrow he feels regarding the wrongdoings of his state, emphasizing his personal connection to its history.
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Better be debarred from the privilege of voting at all, than to be mocked with the form, while cheated of the substance.
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