"America's future will be determined by the home and the school. The child becomes largely what he is taught hence we must watch what we teach, and how we live."

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This quotation examines the core nature of Education as articulated by Jane Addams. Within historical and literary traditions, reflections on Education provide actionable mental models, challenging individuals to evaluate personal ethics, self-discipline, and daily actions.

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About Jane Addams

Laura Jane Addams was an American settlement activist, reformer, social worker, sociologist, public administrator, philosopher, and author. She was a leader in the history of social work and women's suffrage. In 1889, Addams co-founded Hull House, one of America's most famous settlement houses, in Chicago, Illinois, providing extensive social services to poor, largely immigrant families. Philosophically a "radical pragmatist", she was arguably the first woman public philosopher in the United States. In the Progressive Era, when even presidents such as Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson identified themselves as reformers and might be seen as social activists, Addams was one of the most prominent reformers.

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"Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics."

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"Education's purpose is to replace an empty mind with an open one."

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"Education is a crutch with which the foolish attack the wise to prove that they are not idiots."

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"In high school, I discovered myself. I was interested in race relations and the legal profession. I read about Lincoln and that he believed the law to be the most difficult of professions."

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— Horace Mann
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