"After a child has arrived at the legal age for attending school,-whether he be the child of noble or of peasant,-the only two absolute grounds of exemption from attendance are sickness and death."

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Source: Horace Mann (1868). “Annual reports on education (ed. by mrs. M. Mann).”, p.365

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Horace Mann was an American educational reformer known for advocating public education and establishing the first state board of education in the U.S.

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