When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of puni… - Horace Mann

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When a child can be brought to tears, not from fear of punishment, but from repentance for his offence, he needs no chastisement. When the tears begin to flow from grief at one's own conduct, be sure there is an angel nestling in the bosom.

Horace Mann

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Horace Mann (4 May 1796 – 2 August 1859) was an American education reformer and abolitionist

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