The distinctions of society vanish before the light of these truths. I attach myself to the multitude, not because they are voters and have political power but because they are (human), and have within their reach the most glorious prizes of humanity. . . . Self-culture, the care which every (person) owes to (oneself), to the unfolding . . . of (one's) nature. . . .
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Christianity is not only confirmed by miracles, but is in itself, in its very essence, a miraculous religion.William Channing
The only God whom our thoughts can rest on, our hearts cling to, and our conscience can recognize, is the God whose image dwells in our own souls.
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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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I do and I must reverence human nature. I bless it for its kind affections. I honor it for its achievements in science and art, and still more for its examples of heroic and saintly virtue. These are marks of a divine origin and the pledges of a celestial inheritance and I thank God that my own lot is bound up with that of the human race.
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Courage considered in itself or without reference to its causes, is no virtue, and deserves no esteem
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There are periods when to dare, is the highest wisdom.
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