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Every event in this world is the effect of some precedent cause, and also the cause of some subsequent effect.

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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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A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
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He who shuts out truth, by the same act opens the door to all the error that supplies its place.
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Keep one thing in view forever- the truth and if you do this, though it may seem to lead you away from the opinion of men, it will assuredly conduct you to the throne of God.
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