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In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. he who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.
-Horace Mann
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In Vain Do They Talk Of Happiness

Horace Mann
In vain do they talk of happiness who never subdued an impulse in obedience to a principle. he who never sacrificed a present to a future good, or a personal to a general one, can speak of happiness only as the blind speak of color.
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