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Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
Essayist
Journalist
Literary Critic
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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I tell ye wut, my judgment is you're pooty sure to fail, Ez long 'z the head keeps turnin' back for counsel to the the tail.
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Large charity doth never soil, but only whitens soft white hands.
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There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on.
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