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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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Newport
Rhode Island
Reverend William Ellery Channing
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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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Let us aspire towards this living confidence, that it is the will of God to unfold and exalt without end the spirit that entrusts itself to Him in well-doing as to a faithful Creator.
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The miracles of Christ were studiously performed in the most unostentatious way. He seemed anxious to veil His majesty under the love with which they were wrought.
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It has often been observed, that those who have the most time at their disposal profit by it the least. A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.
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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.
William Ellery Channing
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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What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
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The worst tyrants are those which establish themselves in our own breasts.
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The home is the chief school of human virtues.
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Every human being is intended to have a character of his own to be what no others are, and to do what no other can do.
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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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No punishment is so terrible as prosperous guilt.
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We must not waste life in devising means. It is better to plan less and do more.
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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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.
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Labor is discovered to be the grand conqueror, enriching and building up nations more surely than the proudest battles.
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Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.
William Ellery Channing
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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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.
William Ellery Channing
A man in earnest finds means or, if he cannot find, creates them.
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