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 hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.

Affectation hides three times as many virtues as charity does sins.

is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

Education is a capital to the poor man, and an interest to the rich man.

is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

Education is our only political safety. Outside of this ark all is deluge.

is the great equalizer of the conditions of men, the balance-wheel of the social machinery.

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.

 may conceive, but patient labor must consummate.

Genius may conceive, but patient labor must consummate.

is a cable. We weave a thread of it every day, and at last we cannot break it.

Ideality Is the avant-courier of the mind.

is the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more you must have of the former.

is improvable. Some people think he is only a machine, and that the only difference between a man and a mill is, that one is carried by blood and the other by walor.

Man is improvable. Some people think he is only a machine, and that the only difference between a man and a mill is, that one is carried by blood and the other by walor.

is that which easily and rapidly matures into morals.

Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals.

is the sublime law whereby the present outgrows the past.

*The price we have to pay for money is paid in liberty.

is a medicine like mercury or opium ; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.

Reproof is a medicine like mercury or opium ; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.

is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a possible series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose melancholy sounds may reverberate through eternity. Like the sudden, sharp cry of “Fire !” under our windows by night, it should rouse us to instantaneous action, and brace every muscle to its highest tension.

Temptation is a fearful word. It indicates the beginning of a possible series of infinite evils. It is the ringing of an alarm bell, whose melancholy sounds may reverberate through eternity. Like the sudden, sharp cry of “Fire !” under our windows by night, it should rouse us to instantaneous action, and brace every muscle to its highest tension.

is an angel : but she is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Virtue is an angel : but she Is a blind one, and must ask of Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

Horace Mann

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