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If you wish to write well, study the life about you,--life in the public streets.

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
Public
Wish
Write
Wells
Well
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Life
Streets
Study

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Schoolhouses are the republican line of fortifications.
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Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.
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