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Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe.
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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Reverend William Ellery Channing
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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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Influence is to be measured, not by the extent of surface it covers, but by its kind.
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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.
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Most joyful let the Poet be, it is through him that all men see.
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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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To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.
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A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
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Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.
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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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Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.
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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.
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God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue.
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Precept is instruction written in the sand the tide flows over it and the record is gone example is graven on the rock, and the lesson is not soon lost.
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