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Horace Mann

Born

in Franklin, Massachusetts, The United States

May 04, 1796

Died

August 02, 1859

Genre

Education, Politics, History

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Horace Mann (1796 – 1859) was an American educational reformer and Whig politician dedicated to promoting public education. He served in the Massachusetts State legislature (1827–37). In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–53). About Mann’s intellectual progressivism, the historian Ellwood P. Cubberley said:

"No one did more than he to establish in the minds of the American people the conception that education should be universal, non-sectarian, free, and that its aims should be social efficiency, civic virtue, and character, rather than mere learning or the advancement of education ends."

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	On the Art of Teaching (Books of American Wisdom) 3.73 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures On Education 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2006 — 80 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Life and works of Horace Mann it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures, and Annual Reports, on Education it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1867 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ground of the Free School System really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Moral Culture of Infancy, and Kindergarten Guide really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Oration, Delivered Before the Authorities of the City of Boston, July 4, 1842 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slavery, Letters and Speechs by Horace Mann liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1852 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Few Thoughts For A Young Man liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Annual Reports of the Secretary of the Board of Education of Massachusetts for the Years 1839-1844 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2015 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A house without books is like a room without windows.”
― Horace Mann

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“Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”
― Horace Mann

tags: accomplishment, achievement, death, humanity, victory

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

tags: charity, compassion, greed, helping-others, humanity, inspirational, volunteerism

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