I believe in the existence of a great, immortal, immutable principle of natural law...which proves the absolute right to an educ
ation of every human being that comes into the world; and which, of course, proves the correlative duty of every government to see that the means of that education are provided for all.... Massachusetts is parental in her government. More and more, as year after year rolls by, she seeks to substitute prevention for remedy, and rewards for penalties. She strives to make industry the antidote to poverty, and to counterwork the progress of vice and crime by the diffusion of knowledge and the culture of virtuous principles." - Horace Mann, 1846 to the Massachusetts Legislature Using the passage from the speech given by Horace Mann, which is NOT a reason he gives for providing public education? A) it is a natural right B) it will prevent poverty C) it will instill virtue D) it will help catch criminals
C is one of the things he promises education will accomplish. It's not the answer.
He states at the beginning education is a natural right. You're born, you deserve an education. the answer is not A
Education will help reduce poverty, he says so it is not B.
The only one left is D. It is silent about catching criminals. He does say that education is the antidote to vice and crime, but that is not the same thing as the mental technology needed to catch criminals.<span />
