Horace Mann was born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v8QaAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA13 The Cause, Volumes 1-5]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n1FDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA722 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior]</ref> to an inheritance of toil and poverty. He had to work hard and long on the farm of his father. He had little to read, and there was no time for play. From his boyhood he had a profound admiration for learning, and the dream of his life was to become an educated man. He realized even in his childhood the imperfections of the free schools he attended. | Horace Mann was born on May 4, 1796 in Franklin, Massachusetts,<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=v8QaAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA2-PA13 The Cause, Volumes 1-5]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=n1FDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA722 Annual Reports of the Department of the Interior]</ref> to an inheritance of toil and poverty. He had to work hard and long on the farm of his father. He had little to read, and there was no time for play. From his boyhood he had a profound admiration for learning, and the dream of his life was to become an educated man. He realized even in his childhood the imperfections of the free schools he attended. |