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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.
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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God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth and virtue.
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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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Fix your eyes on perfection and you make almost everything speed towards it.
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Whatever you may suffer, speak the truth. Be worthy of the entire confidence of your associates. Consider what is right as to what must be done. It is not necessary that you should keep your property, or even your life, but it is necessary that you should hold fast your integrity.
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In general, we do well to let an opponent's motives alone. We are seldom just to them. Our own motives on such occasions are often worse than those we assail.
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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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True love is the parent of humility.
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Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.
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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 only freedom worth possessing is that which gives enlargement to a people's energy, intellect, and virtues.
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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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The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.
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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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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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Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.
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Let every man, if possible, gather some good books under his roof.
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