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Jula Ward Howe, Reminiscences: 1819-1899, Chapter 8: first years in Boston (search)
on of the public schools as to draw upon himself much animadversion and some ill-will. Horace Mann, on the other hand, characterized this work as one which only Sam Howe or an angel could have done. Dr. Howe and Mr. Mann, during their travels in Europe, had become much interested in the system of training, new at that time, byDr. Howe and Mr. Mann, during their travels in Europe, had become much interested in the system of training, new at that time, by which deaf-mutes were enabled to use vocal speech, and to read on the lips the words of those who addressed them. Soon after his return from Europe, Mr. Mann published a report in which he dwelt much on the great benefit of this new departure in the education of deaf-mutes, and advocated the introduction of the system into our own schools. Dr. Howe expressed the same views, and the two gentlemen were held up to the public as disturbers of its peace. My husband disapproved of the use of signs, which, up to that time, had figured largely in the instruction of American deaf-mutes, and in their intercourse with each other. He felt that the use of languag