Just in proportion as a man becomes good, divine, Christ-like, he passes out of the region of theorizing, of system-building, and hireling service, i… - Horace Mann

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Just in proportion as a man becomes good, divine, Christ-like, he passes out of the region of theorizing, of system-building, and hireling service, into the region of beneficent activities. It is well to think well. It is divine to act well.

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

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It is well to think well: it is divine to act well.

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