Man's spiritual nature is no dream of theologians to vanish before the light of natural science. It is the grandest reality on earth.
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There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom.William Channing
We ought, indeed, to expect occasional obscurity in such a book at the Bible . . . but God's wisdom is a pledge that whatever is necessary for us , and necessary for salvation, is revealed too plainly to be mistaken.
William Channing
Literature -- the expression of a nation's mind in writing.
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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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No calculations of interest, no schemes of policy can do the work of love, of the spirit of human brotherhood. There can be no peace without but through peace within.
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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.
William Channing
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