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“God be thanked for books; they are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.”
 
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Name:   William Ellery Channing
 
Nationality:   American
 
Date of Birth:   Apr 7, 1780
 
Date of Death:   Oct 2,  1842
 
Profession:   Writer
 
 
 
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One good anecdote is worth a volume of biography.
 
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Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
 
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Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience but his own can teach.
 
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Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that is, in the force of thought, moral principle, and love, and this may be found in the humblest condition of life.
 
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