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Horace Mann: “It has been thought by many educators and metaphysicians, that children learn as much before the age of seven years as…”

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It has been thought by many educators and metaphysicians, that children learn as much before the age of seven years as ever afterwards.
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Horace Mann
Free Soil · Massachusetts

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Mann references the significant impact of early childhood learning on a person's development.

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