Quote#Beauty
There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn…
Quote byWilliam Ellery Channing · 1780–1842
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Self-Culture (1838).
English (original)
There is but a very minute portion of the creation which we can turn into food and clothes, or gratification for the body; but the whole creation may be used to minister to the sense of beauty.
— William Ellery Channing
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