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-William Ellery Channing
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"The great hope of society is in individual character."
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"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."
-William Ellery Channing
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"The world is governed by opinion."
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-Hans Urs von Balthasar
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-E. M. Forster
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