Thoughts Selected From The Writings Of Horace Mann Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Biographical Sketch of Horace Mann, LL. D The two Shaker societies had the previous year refused to allow their teachers to be examined, or their schools visited. The secretary shows, with great force, the absurdity of their course, and then passes to illustrate, by means of statistics and otherwise, the inequality in the means of education in different towns in the state. The facts being stated, he demonstrates by irrefragible arguments, and by the testi mony of several of the largest employers of labor in the commonwealth, the dif ference which this inequality of education makes in the productive value of the labor of the educated and uneducated. He thus shows, conclusively, that the state and individuals would be very greatly the gainers, in a pecuniary sense, by the universal diffusion of education. That a person with a good common school education will, in the same business, ordinarily earn fifty per cent. More than one without education - sand this with less injury or expense of tools or machinery; and that such persons usually live better, and are better members of society. The argument is an. Admirable one. In his sixth report, Mr. Mann passes in review the progress Of the preceding year, in the school appropriations, the attendance, vacations in the annual schools, employment of female teachers, compensation of teachers, reports of school committees, breaking up of schools, qualifications of teachers, dismission of in competent teachers, school registers, and school district libraries; and proceeds, under the'head of selection of studies, to urge the importance of the introduc tion of the study of physiology into the schools. To do this effectually, he goes at considerable length into a statement and illustration of the laws Of life and health, and the daily and hourly violations of them by the masses. He also sub mits the Opinions of eminent physicians in regard to the importance of the study of physiology and hygiene to the young, and enforces these opinions by further argument and illustration. This portion of the report furnishes, in itself, an ad mirable essay on physiology and hygiene, and is well worthy of perusal and study. 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.