Life has a higher end, than to be amused. — Quoted

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“Life has a higher end, than to be amused.”

William Ellery Channing · Life

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William Ellery Channing

God is another name for human intelligence raised above all error and imperfection, and extended to all possible truth.

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William Ellery Channing

Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance.

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William Ellery Channing

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

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William Ellery Channing

The world is governed by opinion.

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