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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
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 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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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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To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
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Home - the nursery of the Infinite.
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Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.
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I am a living member of the great family of all souls.
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Knowledge is essential to freedom.
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In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition.
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The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal
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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.
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I call that mind free which jealously guards its intellectual rights and powers, which calls no man master, which does not content itself with a passive or hereditary faith, which opens itself to light whencesoever it may come, which receives new truth as an angel from Heaven.
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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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What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
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The great hope of society is in individual character
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Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.
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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.
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The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.
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