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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
William Ellery Channing
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William Ellery Channing
Age: 62 †
Born: 1780
Born: April 7
Died: 1842
Died: October 2
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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But the ground of a man's culture lies in his nature, not in his calling. His powers are to be unfolded on account of their inherent dignity, not their outward direction. He is to be educated, because he is a man, not because he is to make shoes, nail, or pins.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail.
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Perhaps in our presence, the most heroic deed on earth is done in some silent spirit, the loftiest purpose cherished, the most generous sacrifice made, and we do not suspect it. I believe this greatness to be most common among the multitude, whose names are never heard.
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I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.
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Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
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Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.
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