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In trying to teach children a great deal in a short time, they are treated not as though the race they were to run was for life, but simply a three-mile heat.

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
Great
Deals
Trying
Simply
Time
Teach
Mile
Life
Race
Heat
Though
Miles
Running
Treated
Three
Short
Children
Deal

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