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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.

Horace Mann

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Horace Mann
Age: 63 †
Born: 1796
Born: May 4
Died: 1859
Died: August 2
American Politician
Lawyer
Politician
University Teacher
Franklin
Massachusetts
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Jails
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