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.

William Ellery Channing

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Literature as link to the past Power of literature Books

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William Ellery Channing

Source

Self Culture

Medium

Lecture

Language

English

Time

1838 1830s 19th century

Occupation

Theologian Clergyman

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United States

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Channing, William Ellery. "Self Culture." Franklin Lecture. Sept. 1838, Boston, MA, USA.

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