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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Horace Mann
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Horace Mann
Age: 63 †
Born: 1796
Born: May 4
Died: 1859
Died: August 2
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It would be more honourable to our distinguished ancestors to praise them in words less, but in deeds to imitate them more.
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Jails and prisons are the complement of schools so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former.
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Even the choicest literature should be taken as the condiment, and not as the sustenance of life. It should be neither the warp nor the woof of existence, but only the flowery edging upon its borders.
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
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We go by the major vote, and if the majority are insane, the sane must go to the hospital.
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