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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the intercourse with superior minds.
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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We honor revelation too highly to make it the antagonist of reason, or to believe that it calls us to renounce our highest powers.
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The sin that now rises to memory as your bosom sin, let this first of all be withstood and mastered. Oppose it instantly by a detestation of it, by a firm will to conquer it, by reflection, by reason, and by prayer.
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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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One of the tremendous evils of the world, is the monstrous accumulation of power in a few hands.
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