Quote of the day
One does not need buildings, money, power, or status to practice the Art of Peace. Heaven is right where you are standing, and that is the place to train.
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)
Horace Mann Quotes