"Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance."

William Ellery Channing, American Writer

Nature, Knowledge, Growth, Ignorance

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"Every mind was made for growth, for knowledge, and its nature is sinned against when it is doomed to ignorance."

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