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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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The fewer the voices on the side of truth, the more distinct and strong must be your own.
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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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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.
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O God, animate us to cheerfulness! May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness
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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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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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Faith is love taking the form of aspiration.
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Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.
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Home - the nursery of the Infinite.
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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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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
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Every human being is a volume, worthy to be studied.
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
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Knowledge is essential to freedom.
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All that we do outwardly is but the expression and completion of our inward thought. To work effectively, we must think clearly to act nobly, we must think nobly.
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Another powerful principle of our nature, which is the spring of war, is the passion for superiority, for triumph, for power. The human mind is aspiring, impatient of inferiority, and eager for preeminence and control.
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Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
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Great effort from great motives is the best definition of a happy life
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