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Real greatness has nothing to do with a man’s sphere. It does not lie in the magnitude of his outward agency, in the extent of the effects which he produces. The greatest men may do comparatively little.

William Ellery Channing

Real, Lying, Greatness

William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.4

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The hills are reared, the seas are scooped in vain If learning's altar vanish from the plain.

William Ellery Channing

Learning, Sea, Hills

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There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the body; but the whole creation may be used to minister to the sense of beauty.

William Ellery Channing

Clothes, Body, May

William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.10

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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.

William Ellery Channing

Spring, Passion, Blood

William Ellery Channing (1835). “The works of Wm. Ellery Channing ...”, p.32

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War will never yield but to the principles of universal justice and love, and these have no sure root but in the religion of Jesus Christ.

William Ellery Channing

Jesus, War, Roots

William Ellery Channing (1839). “Lecture on War”, p.17

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Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.

William Ellery Channing

Life, Fun, Grateful

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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.

William Ellery Channing

Faithful, Spirit, Faith In God

William Ellery Channing (1873). “The Perfect Life: In Twelve Discourses”, p.262

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The cry has been that when war is declared, all opposition should therefore be hushed. A sentiment more unworthy of a free country could hardly be propagated. If the doctrine be admitted, rulers have only to declare war and they are screened at once from scrutiny. . . . In war, then, as in peace, assert the freedom of speech and of the press. Cling to this as the bulwark of all our rights and privileges.

William Ellery Channing

Country, Peace, War

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Of all the discoveries which men need to make, the most important, at the present moment, is that of the self-forming power treasured up in themselves. They little suspect its extent, as little as the savage apprehends the energy which the mind is created to exert on the material world.

William Ellery Channing

Men, Discovery, Self

William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.6

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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.

William Ellery Channing

Weaving, Break, Thread

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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene

William Ellery Channing

Wise, Noble, Enthusiasm

William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(420 p.)”, p.60

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My highway is unfeatured air, My consorts are the sleepless stars, And men my giant arms upbear My arms unstained and free from scars.

William Ellery Channing

Stars, Men, Air

William Ellery Channing (1843). “Poems”

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Compassionate Saviour! We welcome Thee to our world, We welcome Thee to our hearts. We bless Thee for the Divine goodness Thou hast brought from heaven; for the souls Thou hast warmed with love to man, and lifted up in love to God; for the efforts of divine philanthropy which Thou hast inspired; and for that hope of a pure celestial life, through which Thy disciples triumph over death.

William Ellery Channing

Heart, Men, Our World

William Ellery Channing (1888). “The Works of William E. Channing”

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Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

William Ellery Channing

Giving, Reverie

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A man may quarrel with himself alone; that is, by controverting his better instincts and knowledge when brought face to face with temptation.

William Ellery Channing

Men, Temptation, May

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Men are never very wise and select in the exercise of a new power.

William Ellery Channing

Wise, Exercise, Power

William Ellery Channing, George Channing (1849). “(420 p.)”, p.155

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Natural amiableness is too often seen in company with sloth, with uselessness, with the vanity of fashionable life.

William Ellery Channing

Friends, Vanity, Sloth

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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

William Ellery Channing

Important, Compass, Objects

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The office of government is not to confer happiness, but to give men the opportunity to work out happiness for themselves.

William Ellery Channing

Happiness, Patriotic, Opportunity

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Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.

William Ellery Channing

Life, Two, Moments

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Born: April 7, 1780
Died: October 2, 1842
Occupation: Preacher
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