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'''William Ellery Channing''' was a [[Unitarian]] preacher who had an influence on the New England [[Transcendentalist]] movement.  He was the grandson of Signer [[William Ellery]].

Channing held that a belief in the dignity and worth of human nature, the right and ability of each person to perceive truth, and the indwelling God in each person.<ref>Stephen P. Shoemaker, "The Theological Roots of Charles W. Eliot's Educational Reforms," ''Journal of Unitarian Universalist History'' 2006-2007 31: 30-45,</ref>

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