Horace Mann, an advocate for public schools, maintained that universal access to education "was the great equalizer of the condition of men-the balance-wheel of the social machinery." According to ref, What did Horace Mann believe about universal access to education?
1) It was necessary for the progress of society.
2) It was a luxury that only the wealthy should have.
3) It was detrimental to the social order.
4) It was irrelevant to the condition of men.