Jails and prisons are the complement of schools; so many less as you have of the latter, so many more must you have of the former. – Horace Mann
It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. – Horace Mann
Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise. – Horace Mann
Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity. – Horace Mann
Part of what I loved – and love – about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. Im interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. Im interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books. – Jon Meacham