Horace Mann was an American education reformer and abolitionist. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives .
He was a brother-in-law to author Nathaniel Hawthorne, since their wives were sisters.
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“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for mankind”
Horace Mann
“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 means to buy them.”
“Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.”
“A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on a cold iron.”
“A house without books is like room without windows”
“Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge”
“Teachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.”
“Observation - activity of both eyes and ears”
“Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.”
“If an idiot were to tell you the same story every day for a year, you would end by believing it”