One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at … - Horace Mann

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It is the chair in honor of all those who, however competently, embrace the impossible. Sit in that chair someday.

Horace Mann

One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.

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After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death.

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