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Give me a house furnished with books rather than furniture! Both, if you can, but books at any rate!

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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Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.
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