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Great steps in human progress are made by things that don't work the way philosophy thought they should. If things always worked the way they should, you could write the history of the world from now on. But they don't, and it is those deviations from the normal that make human progress.

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Quote Author: Horace Mann

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Horace Mann

Horace Mann (May 4, 1796 - August 2, 1859) was an American education reformer and abolitionist. He was also a member of the U.S. House of Representatives.

He was a brother-in-law to author Nathaniel Hawthorne, since their wives were sisters.

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