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.
Quotes By William Ellery Channing
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We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to...
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Every mind was made for growth for knowledge and its nature is sinned...
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It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the...
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No power in society no hardship in your condition can depress you keep you...
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God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and...
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How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.
Quotes About Great
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence but sets off...
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Science is the great antidote to the poison of enthusiasm and superstition.
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Nobody I think ought to read poetry or look at pictures or statues who...
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I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when...
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A large part of acting is just pretending. You get to work with these other...
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We should all aspire in life to do a multitude of things well - to be a great...
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A great wind swept over the ghetto carrying away shame invisibility and...
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A great book provides escapism for me. The artistry and the creativity in a...
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Great is the difference betwixt a man's being frightened at and humbled for...