In our country and in our times no man is worthy the honored name of statesman who does not include the highest practicable education of the people in all his plans of administration. He may have eloquence, he may have a knowledge of all history, diplomacy, jurisprudence; and by these he might claim, in other countries, the elevated rank of a statesman: but unless he speaks, plans, labors, at all times and in all places, for the culture and edification of the whole people, he is not, he cannot be, an American statesman.
Horace MannTeachers teach because they care. Teaching young people is what they do best. It requires long hours, patience, and care.
Horace MannVirtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.
Horace MannIt is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.
Horace MannAfter a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death.
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