Horace Mann

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July 31, 2020

Name: Horace Mann
Born: 05/04/1796
Died: 08/02/1859 (63 years old)
Occupation: Lawyer, Educator, College president

Horace Mann (May 4, 1796? August 2, 1859) was an American educational reformer and Whig politician known for his commitment to promoting public education. In 1848, after public service as Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of Education, Mann was elected to the United States House of Representatives (1848–1853). From September 1852 to his death, he served as President of Antioch College.

School: Brown University, Litchfield Law School

Party: Whig, Free Soil

Birth Place: Franklin, Massachusetts, US

Death Place: Yellow Springs, Ohio, US

Source: Wikipedia

Horace Mann quotes :

When a child can be brought to tears, and not from fear of punishment, but from repentance he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from the grief of their conduct you can be sure there is an angel nestling in their heart.
Horace Mann

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Horace Mann

Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.
Horace Mann

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear.
Horace Mann

A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.
Horace Mann

Education then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Horace Mann