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To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
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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May your life preach more loudly than your lips.
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
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Most joyful let the Poet be, it is through him that all men see.
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Religion is faith in an infinite Creator, who delights in and enjoins that rectitude which conscience commands us to seek. This conviction gives a Divine sanction to duty.
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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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