The less of government the better, if society were kept in peace and prosperity.
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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.William Channing
There are seasons, in human affairs, of inward and outward revolution, when new depths seem to be broken up in the soul, when new wants are unfolded in multitudes, and a new and undefined good is thirsted for. These are periods when...to dare is the highest wisdom.
William Channing
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 Channing
Conscience is an oracle of the Divinity.
William Channing
To extinguish the free will is to strike the conscience with death, for both have but one and the same life.
William Channing
What is mysterious, secret, unknown, cannot at the same time be known as an object of faith.
William Channing
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