A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the … - Horace Mann

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A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them.

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About Horace Mann

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

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A house without books is like a room without windows.

A HOUSE WITHOUT BOOKS IS LIKE A ROOM WITHOUT WINDOWS

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Manners easily and rapidly mature into morals. As childhood advances to manhood, the transition from bad manners to bad morals is almost imperceptible. Vulgar and obscene forms of speech keep vulgar and obscene objects before the mind, engender impure images in the imagination, and make unlawful desires prurient. From the prevalent state of the mind, actions proceed, as water rises from a fountain.

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