Quote#God & Faith
He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be…
Quote byWilliam Ellery Channing · 1780–1842
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Self-Culture (1838).
English (original)
He who possesses the divine powers of the soul is a great being, be his place what it may. You may clothe him with rags, may immure him in a dungeon, may chain him to slavish tasks. But he is still great.
— William Ellery Channing
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