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“Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves.”

Quote by Horace Mann

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Horace Mann, an American politician born on May 4, 1796 and died on August 2, 1859, played a significant role in the reform of American education and is known as the father of public education in the United States. more

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Book:A Few Thoughts for a Young Man: A Lecture, Delivered Before the Boston Mercantile Library Association, on Its 29th Anniversary

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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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Source: Lecture on education

“It is well to think well; it is divine to act well.”

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“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.”

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“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 often bound up in them.”

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Book:Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann ...

Source: Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann ...

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Book:Common School Journal

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Author:Michael E. Mann