Resolve to edge in a little reading every day, if it is but a single sentence. If you gain fifteen minutes a day, it will make itself felt at the end of the year.
Horace Mann Quotes
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.
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| Birth: | 4th May, 1796 |
| Death: | 2nd August, 1859 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Educator, Politician |
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Horace Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American politician and educator. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives from Massachusetts. He served in the Massachusetts State legislature from 1827–37. He served as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education. He was a tutor of Latin and Greek and a librarian at Brown University. During 1822, he also studied at Litchfield Law School.
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