Horace Mann1796–1859If any man seeks for greatness, let him forget greatness and ask for truth, and he will find both.
Journal entry (29 October 1838)Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.
Address at Antioch College (1859)Every addition to true knowledge is an addition to human power.
Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 1The object of punishment is, prevention from evil; it never can be made impulsive to good.
Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 7- Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 1
- Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 6
- Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 6
- Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867), p. 199
- 12th Annual Report to the Massachusetts State Board of Education (1848); published in Life and Works of Horace Mann Vol. III, (1868) edited by Mary Mann, p. 669
Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.
Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867), p. 220- A Few Thoughts for a Young Man (1850), pp. 37–38
- Lectures on Education (1855), Lecture 6
- Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867), p. 185
