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Evil Quotes by Horace Mann
- The object of punishment is prevention from evil; it can never be made impulsive to good.
- If evil is inevitable, how are the wicked accountable? Nay, why do we call men wicked at all? Evil is inevitable, but is also remediable.
- Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies…
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