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• They enslave their children's children who make compromise with sin.

  James Russell Lowell

  Children, Compromise, Sin

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.66

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• Idleness induces caprice.

  James Russell Lowell

  Caprice, Idleness

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• A man is old when he can pass an apple orchard and not remember the stomachache.

  James Russell Lowell

  Birthday, Men, Apples

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• No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him. There is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will; And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

  James Russell Lowell

  Work, Blessed, Men

  'A Glance Behind the Curtain' (1844)

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• The realm of death seems an enemy's country to most men, on whose shores they are loathly driven by stress of weather; to the wise man it is the desired port where he moors his bark gladly, as in some quiet haven of the Fortunate Isles; it is the golden west into which his sun sinks, and, sinking, casts back a glory upon the leaden cloud-tack which had darkly besieged his day.

  James Russell Lowell

  Death, Wise, Country

  James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.111

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• Democracy is that form of society, no matter what its political classification, in which every man has a chance and knows that he has it.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Political, Democracy

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• What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "To-day the Prince of Peace is born.

  James Russell Lowell

  Christmas, Sweet, Mean

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.895, Delphi Classics

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• Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.

  James Russell Lowell

  Giving, Literature, Return

  James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.63

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• Pride and weakness are Siamese twins.

  James Russell Lowell

  Pride, Weakness, Twins

  James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.201

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• In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.

  James Russell Lowell

  Loss, Race, Gains

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.66

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• And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.

  James Russell Lowell

  June, Perfect Days, Literature

  "The Vision of Sir Launfal" prelude to pt. 1, st. 5 (1848)

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• And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

  James Russell Lowell

  Blessed, Hands, Horny

  "A Glance Behind the Curtain" l. 205 (1843)

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• The eye is the notebook of the poet.

  James Russell Lowell

  Notebook, Eye, Literature

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• If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.

  James Russell Lowell

  Funny, Humor, Tunnels

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• Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Fear, Educational

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Loneliness, Character

  James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among my Books, etc”, p.32

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• Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!

  James Russell Lowell

  Regret, Hands, Desire

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.88

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• O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost when utterance clear To all men shall be given, When all shall say My Brother here, And hear My Son in heaven!

  James Russell Lowell

  Sweet, Brother, Easter

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.385

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• Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Ambition, Sublime, Lines

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.

  James Russell Lowell

  Gentleman, Democracy, Firsts

  James Russell Lowell (1900). “The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry ...”

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• What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone! How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare, As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills The bowl between me and those distant hills, And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!

  James Russell Lowell

  Fall, Autumn, Hair

  James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations”, p.67, tredition

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• No price is set on the lavish summer;
  June may be had by the poorest comer.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, June, May

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.117

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• The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accursed; Man is more than Constitutions; better rot beneath the sod, Than be true to Church and State while we are doubly false to God.

  James Russell Lowell

  Men, Humanity, Church

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.82

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• Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set; Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.

  James Russell Lowell

  Rain, Fall, Wind

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.90

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• It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is...

  James Russell Lowell

  Reason, Habit, Curious

  "Literary Essays, vol. I". Book by James Russell Lowell, 1864-1890.

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