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Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
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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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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Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity.
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We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.
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May your life preach more loudly than your lips.
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Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life
William Ellery Channing
Books are true levelers. They give to all, who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence, of the best and greatest of our race.
William Ellery Channing
Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
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Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.
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Every human being is intended to have a character of his own to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
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Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
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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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All virtue lies in individual action, in inward energy, in self determination. There is no moral worth in being swept away by a crowd even toward the best objective.
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To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
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The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.
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Our affections are our life. We live by them they supply our warmth.
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Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
William Ellery Channing
I laugh, for hope hath a happy place with me If my boat sinks, 'tis to another sea.
William Ellery Channing
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
William Ellery Channing
Precept is instruction written in the sand the tide flows over it and the record is gone example is graven on the rock, and the lesson is not soon lost.
William Ellery Channing
Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually.
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