"Without undervaluing any other human agency, it may be safely affirmed that the Common School, improved and energized, as it can easily be, may become the most effective and benignant of all the forces of civilization."(Horace Mann)

I know what Mann is saying, but I can't put in my own words( so I am a little confused).

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Please write what YOU THINK it says. Then someone here will be able to help you.
If schools are improved and motivated it will become society’s strongest quality
I'd choose a different synonym for "energize" but overall, this looks good.

http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/energize
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