William Ellery Channing: We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

We smile at the ignorance of the savage who cuts down the tree in order to reach its fruit; but the same blunder is made by every person who is over eager and impatient in the pursuit of pleasure.

-- William Ellery Channing


		Name: William Ellery Channing Type: Writer Nationality: American Birth: April 7, 1780 Death: October 2, 1842

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