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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.
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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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt.
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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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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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
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I am a living member of the great family of all souls.
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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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True love is the parent of humility.
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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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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.
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A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.
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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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Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.
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A man may quarrel with himself alone that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.
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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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