William Channing
William Channing
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The essential and unbounded mercy of my Creator is the foundation of my hope, and a broader and surer the universe cannot give me.
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Beauty is an all-pervading presence. It unfolds to the numberless flowers of the Spring; it waves in the branches of the trees and in the green blades of grass; it haunts the depths of the earth and the sea, and gleams out in the hues of the shell and the precious stone. And not only these minute objects, but the ocean, the mountains, the clouds, the heavens, the stars, the rising and the setting sun all overflow with beauty. The universe is its temple; and those people who are alive to it can not lift their eyes without feeling themselves encompassed with it on every side.
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Most joyful the Poet be; It is through him that all men see
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I call that mind free which is not passively framed by outward circumstances, which is not swept away by the torrent of events, which is not the creature of accidental impulse, but which bends events to its own improvement, and acts from an inward spring, from immutable principles which it has deliberately espoused.
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I have expressed my strong interest in the mass of the people; and this is founded, not on their usefulness to the community, so much as on what they are in themselves.... Indeed every man (sic), in every condition, is great. It is only our own diseased sight which makes him little. A man is great as a man, be he where or what he may. The grandeur of his nature turns to insignificance all outward distinctions.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds... In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy the communion with superior minds. In the best books, authors talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books.
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He is to be educated not because he's to make shoes, nails, and pins, but because he is a man.
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Ideas are the mightiest influence on earth. One great thought breathed into a man may regenerate him.
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Practice makes perfect,So be careful what you practice.
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Difficulty is the element, and resistance the true work of a man.
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It is a greater work to educate a child, in the true and larger sense of the word, than to rule a state.
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It is better to plan less and do more
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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all.