A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn, is hammering cold iron.
Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician, abolitionist, education reformer
(Attributed)
(Source)
Horace Mann died in 1859. Earliest reference found is in Mary Mann, ed., Thoughts Selected from the Writings of Horace Mann (1867); Mary was his second wife. The "writing" referenced is not identified.
Other early references are in Eclectic Magazine, Vol. 7, #6 (1868-06), and in The Myrtle, Vol. 24, #40 (1875-01-30).
Could this be a misattribution? I found the identical passage in Henry Ward Beecher’s /Eyes and Ears/ (1862), a collection of his columns in the /New York Ledger/ called “Thoughts as they Occur, by one who keeps his Eyes and Ears open”. See pp. 155-156 here: http://bit.ly/2rFLDCJ.
Never mind. That was a different quote that I don’t think I got from you! (I wonder where I /did/ get it!)
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