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“There is not a good work which the hand of man has ever undertaken, which his heart has ever conceived, which does not require a good education for its helper.” quote by Horace Mann — Download Open image

“There is not a good work which the hand of man has ever undertaken, which his heart has ever conceived, which does not require a good education for its helper.”

Horace Mann

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So, in the infinitely nobler battle in which you are engaged against error and wrong, if ever repulsed or stricken down, may you always be solaced and cheered by the exulting cry of triumph over some abuse in Church or State, some vice or folly in society, some false opinion or cruelty or guilt which you have overcome! And I…

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