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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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It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.
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He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free from scars.
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Nothing which has entered into our experience is ever lost.
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A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.
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I am a living member of the great family of all souls.
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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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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It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.
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Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
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Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.
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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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