Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Horace Mann
Born: May 4, 1796
Died: August 2, 1859 (aged 63)
Bio: Horace Mann was an American politician and educational reformer. A Whig devoted to promoting speedy modernization, he served in the Massachusetts State Legislature.
Known for:
- Life and works of Horace Mann
- Slavery: Letters and Speeches (1851)
- The Republic and the school
- On the Art of Teaching
- Lectures on Education (1845)
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