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William Ellery Channing Quotes

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American Writer April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842

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Reading is the royal road to intellectual eminence...Truly good books are more than mines to those who can understand them. They are the breathings of the great souls of past times. Genius is not embalmed in them, but lives in them perpetually. William Ellery Channing
It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "The great hope of society is in individual character."
The great hope of society is in individual character. William Ellery Channing
Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. William Ellery Channing
William Ellery Channing quote: "It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished..."
It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great. William Ellery Channing

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