Show hunan HUMAN ELEVATION 11 1 I know says Channi channing ag but one elevation ofa ora of a human being mid and thatis thit is elevation of soul without this it matters nothing where aman stands or what lie possesses and aad with it he towers he is one of gods goda not nol il ity ily no matter what place he fie holds in tile the social scale there are not different kinds kinos of dignity y for different orders of men inen but one aud the tho same saine to all the only elevation of a human liebing loreing consists in the exercise growth energy of tle tie the lle higher principles and power of his soul A bird may be shot upward to the tile skies by a foreign force but it r rises i in the tile true sense of the word only when it imps spreads its own wings and soars by its own living power so a man may be thrust upward ina lna in a conspicuous place by outward accident but ho lie rises only so far as lie exerts himself and expands his best faculties and ascends by a free effort to a nob noble nobie e region of thought and action |