Review of the Life of Hoace Mann (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ Unknown Author

Review of the Life of Hoace Mann (Classic Reprint) ~ Paperback ~ Unknown Author
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Excerpt from Review of the Life of Hoace Mann The opinions of a public functionary are a legitimate subject of review, so far as they affect the interests of the community. The late Horace Mann was, for about twelve years, actively engaged in behalf of the public schools of Massachusetts, and afterwards, for several years, he was President of Antioch College, at Yellow Springs, Ohio, and his fame and influence have extended to the borders of our land. The volume before us was written by his widow, and is a faithful and loving tribute of a warm-hearted woman, to the personal worth and life-long labours of her husband. Our purpose is to delineate the form and pressure of his peculiar views and measures as an educator of the young. Mr. Mann was born in Franklin, Massachusetts, May 4, 1796.He was thirteen when he lost his father, and ho lived with his mother till he was twenty. "All the family laboured together for the common support, and toil was considered honourable, although it was sometimes, of necessity, excessive." It shows the narrowness of their means, that the boy earned the money to buy his school books by braiding straw. By diligent application he was prepared to enter the Sophomore class of Brown University in 1816 - graduated with honourable distinction - served his alma mater for a time, successfully, as tutor of Latin and Greek, - was admitted to the bar at the close of 1823 - elected to the State Legislature in 1827, and Secretary of the Massachusetts Board of Education in 1837 - became a member of Congress in 1847, and President of Antioch College in 1853, which office he held at his death in 1859. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.