On the record
It is between truth and error; and just so certain as the spirit of Good will prevail over the spirit of Evil, just so certain will Truth ultimately triumph.
Source
gutenberg.orgEditor's note · Context
Mann emphasizes the ultimate victory of truth over falsehood in moral struggles.
Share
More from Horace Mann
The institution of slavery is against natural right.
Yet, by denying education to the slave, you destroy not merely the right, but the power, of personal examination in regard to all that most nearly concerns the soul’s interests.
They cannot do otherwise with laborers who work by compulsion, for the benefit only of their masters, and whose sole interest in the matter is to do as little and to consume as much as possible.
Out of universal education come genius, skill, and enterprise, and the desire of bettering one’s condition.
Other voices in this conversation
