Education...beyond all other devices of human origin, is a great equalizer of conditions of men --the balance wheel of the social machinery... It does better than to disarm the poor of their hostility toward the rich; it prevents being poor.

Horace Mann
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I believe that education is a great equalizer of conditions of men. Because of education, the poor have a chance to rise above their circumstances and the rich have a chance to be better people. Education teaches us how to overcome our circumstances and become better people. If we do not learn from our mistakes, we will not learn from them again.

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