Ashamed

The Saying "Be ashamed to die until you have won a victory for humanity" Horace Mann

I am not positive how to interpret this saying or what the actual meaning is. After some thought I believe this saying means that it is okay to be ashamed to die unless you have won a victory for humanity. Which I think is saying that if you have done something to change humanity or make a big difference for humanity then you should not be ashamed to die. I think no one should be ashamed to die no matter how they are dieing or what they have accomplished in life because death is a natural thing that every human being will experience. It is normal and no matter who you are, death is waiting for you at some point down the road whether it is in a few months or in a few decades. No one should be ashamed to die. Not many people can make a big enough difference for humanity unless they spend their entire life trying to accomplish that one goal. Which some great people in history have done so but it isn't very common.