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James Russell Lowell

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What men prize most is a privilege, even if it be that of chief mourner at a funeral.


— James Russell Lowell


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Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.


— James Russell Lowell


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Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.


— James Russell Lowell


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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.


— James Russell Lowell


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Thank God every morning when you get up that you have something to do that day, which must be done, whether you like it or not.


— James Russell Lowell


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Light is the symbol of truth.


— James Russell Lowell


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Creativity is not the finding of a thing, but the making something out of it after it is found.


— James Russell Lowell


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A weed is no more than a flower in disguise, Which is seen through at once, if love give a man eyes.


— James Russell Lowell


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About James Russell Lowell

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Did you know about James Russell Lowell?

(1782–1861) a minister at a Unitarian church in Boston who had previously studied theology at Edinburgh and Harriett Brackett Spence Lowell. He used poetry for reform particularly in abolitionism. " Like Lowell James Russell Lowell wrote poetry and the next twelve years of Lowell's life were deeply affected by her influence.

After moving back to Cambridge Lowell was one of the founders of a journal called The Pioneer which lasted only three issues. He publiJames Russell Lowelld his first collection of poetry in 1841 and married Maria White in 1844. Lowell attempted to emulate the true Yankee accent in the dialogue of his characters particularly in The Biglow Papers.

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