Geburtsdatum | Mittwoch, 04. Mai 1796 |
Geburtsort | Franklin, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Todesort | Yellow_Springs,_Ohio |
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Beschreibung | Horace Mann (4. Mai 1796 - 2. August 1859) war ein amerikanischer Bildungsreformer, Sklavereiaufklärer und Whig-Politiker, der für sein Engagement für das öffentliche Bildungswesen bekannt war. Nach seiner Tätigkeit als Sekretär des Massachusetts State Board of Education wurde Mann 1848 in das Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt (1848-1853). Von September 1852 bis zu seinem Tod diente er als Präsident des Antioch College. Über Manns intellektuellen Progressivismus sagte der Historiker Ellwood P. Cubberley: |
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.
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
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.
Education alone can conduct us to that enjoyment which is, at once, best in quality and infinite in quantity.
To pity distress is but human to relieve it is Godlike.
A human being is not attaining his full heights until he is educated.
Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
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.
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
