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Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
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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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
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We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.
William Ellery Channing
A man may quarrel with himself alone that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.
William Ellery Channing
He who is false to the present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and you will see the effect when the weaving of a life-time is unraveled.
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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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The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.
William Ellery Channing
A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.
William Ellery Channing
Health is the working man's fortune, and he ought to watch over it more than the capitalist over his largest investments. Health lightens the efforts of body and mind. It enables a man to crowd much work into a narrow compass. Without it, little can be earned, and that little by slow, exhausting toil.
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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Home - the nursery of the Infinite.
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In the long run, truth is aided by nothing so much as by opposition.
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To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
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The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated.
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Other blessings may be taken away, but if we have acquired a good friend by goodness, we have a blessing which improves in value when others fail.
William Ellery Channing
True love is the parent of humility.
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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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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
William Ellery Channing
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
William Ellery Channing
Our affections are our life. We live by them they supply our warmth.
William Ellery Channing
No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
William Ellery Channing
