William Ellery Channing Quotes:
Ocupation: Preacher
Life: April 7, 1780 - October 2, 1842
Birthday: April 7
Death: October 2
A clear thought, a pure affection, a resolute act of a virtuous will, have a dignity of quite another kind, and far higher than accumulations of brick and granite and plaster and stucco, however cunningly put together.
source: William Ellery Channing (1839). “Self-culture: An Address Introductory to the Franklin Lectures, Delivered at Boston, September, 1838”, p.7
topic: Together, Bricks, Dignity, Plasters, Granite
