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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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• A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far higher than accumulations of brick and granite and plaster and stucco, however cunningly put together.

  William Ellery Channing

  Together, Bricks, Dignity

  William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.7

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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.

  William Ellery Channing

  Lying, Teaching, Learning

  William Ellery CHANNING (1839). “Self-Culture. An address introductory to the Franklin lectures, delivered at Boston. 1838”, p.12

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• The reveries of youth, in which so much energy is wasted, are the yearnings of a Spirit made for what it has not found but must forever seek as an Ideal

  William Ellery Channing

  Forever, Energy, Spirit

  William Ellery Channing (1884). “The complete works of W.E. Channing”

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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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• 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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• 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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• Do anything rather than give yourself to reverie.

  William Ellery Channing

  Giving, Reverie

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• Life is a fragment, a moment between two eternities.

  William Ellery Channing

  Life, Two, Moments

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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