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To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life.
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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Newport
Rhode Island
Reverend William Ellery Channing
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