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

From

United States

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Citation

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

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The time will come when this universe and nature herself will be no more. And just as of very great human kingdoms and empires and of their marvelous exploits, which were so very famous in other ages, there remains no sign of fame whatsoever, so too of the entire world, and of the infinite vicissitudes and calamities of all created things, no single trace will remain, but a naked silence and a most profound quiet will fill the immensity of space. Thus, this stupendous and frightening mystery of universal existence, before it can be declared or understood, will vanish and be lost.

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Time
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Power of literature Books

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Clifton Fadiman
Language
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Time
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