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28 quotes by Horace Mann

Part of a series on the History of Dedham 1635–1792 1793–1999 2000–present TV and film Topics Fisher Ames Louis Brandeis Samuel Dexter Fairbanks House Jonathan Fairbanks Jason Fairbanks Horace Mann Mother Brook Old Avery Oak Tree Sacco and Vanzetti Horse Thief Society v t e Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 – August 2, 1859) was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the...
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone... →

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Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

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A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.

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Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

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Two golden hours somewhere between sunrise and sunset. Both are set with 60 diamond minutes. No reward is offered. They are gone forever.

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When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow... →

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Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.

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Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

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Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.

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Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.

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Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

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A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the... →

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