The Channing Centenary in America, Great Britain, and Ireland: A Report of Meetings Held in Honor of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of William Ellery Channing (Classic Reprint)

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To preserve and present in a form convenient for students, whether of Dr. Channing's life, character, and teachings, or of the present tendencies of liberal religious thought, this somewhat remarkable body of testimony, is the purpose of this volume. It contains reports, more or less complete, of the principal memorial meetings held in America, Great Britain, and Ireland. To have attempted more than this would have involved largely increased expense and more labor of all sorts than the editor could well give to the work. On the other hand, a book made up exclusively of selections from the more interesting addresses would not have served to indicate either the extent or the popular character of the interest in the occasion.

Such a series of reports is inevitably somewhat monotonous in character but the monotony lies in this instance in the common theme, and not in its treatment, which is singularly rich and varied. Many of the reports plainly bear the marks of hasty preparation for the daily press. It has not been possible in some cases to ver ity names and dates, and no attempt has been made to correct faults of style. If this volume shall serve in any degree to keep alive or quicken the interest in the study of Dr. Channing's life and teachings which the celebration of his centenary awakened.

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