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Horace Mann Quotes: Spurn not at seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth; And beware of seeming truths that grow on the roots of error.
         

Spurn not at seeming error, but dig below its surface for the truth; And beware of seeming truths that grow on the roots of error.


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