The mind, in proportion as ... by William Ellery Channing, an American Writer

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“The mind, in proportion as it is cut off from free communication with nature, with revelation, with God, with itself, loses its life, just as the body droops when debarred from the air and the cheering light from heaven.”

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William Ellery Channing

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Name: William Ellery Channing

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Apr 7, 1780

Date of Death: Oct 2, 1842

Profession: Writer

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