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What a sublime doctrine it is, that goodness cherished now is eternal life already entered on!
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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Theologian
Newport
Rhode Island
Reverend William Ellery Channing
Cherished
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Goodness
Eternal
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Life
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Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves.
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It feeds and grows on the blood which it sheds. The passions , from which it springs, gain strength and fury from indulgence.
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Mistakes and errors are the discipline through which we advance.
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.
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Progress, the growth of power, is the end and boon of liberty and, without this, a people may have the name, but want the substance and spirit of freedom.
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No one should part with their individuality and become that of another.
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Most joyful let the Poet be, it is through him that all men see.
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We never know a greater character unless there is in ourselves something congenial to it.
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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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Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.
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Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
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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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A general loftiness of sentiment, independence of men, consciousness of good intentions, self-oblivion in great objects, clear views of futurity thoughts of the blessed companionship of saints and angels, trust in God as the friend of truth and virtue,--these are the states of mind in which I should live.
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Life has a higher end, than to be amused
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No power in society, no hardship in your condition can depress you, keep you down, in knowledge, power, virtue, influence, but by your own consent.
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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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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene
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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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A man might pass for insane who should see things as they are.
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