William Channing
William Channing
government kept less peace society
The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.
careful practice
Practice makes perfect,So be careful what you practice.
difficulty resistance true work
Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man.
educate greater larger rule true work
It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state.
less plan
It is better to plan less and do more
books chiefly communication enjoy invaluable means reach superior
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all.
altar hills seas vanish
The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vainIf learning's altar vanish from the plain.
chain divine great possesses powers slavish soul
He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks. But he is still great . . . .
attributes awful developed divine elements ourselves purified spiritual sublime
The divine attributes are first developed in ourselves, and thence transferred to our Creator. The idea of God, sublime and awful as it is, is the idea of our own spiritual nature, purified and enlarged to infinity. In ourselves are the elements of the Divinity.
expression literature mind
Literature -- the expression of a nation's mind in writing.
brings given hour single steadily study unexpected
A single hour a day, steadily given to the study of some interesting subject, brings unexpected accumulations of knowledge.
mind work
It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be accomplished.
causes considered courage deserves esteem itself reference
Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem
joyful men poet
Most joyful the Poet be; It is through him that all men see