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Freedom is the only law which genius knows.

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
Poet
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Genius
Literature
Law
Freedom
Atheism

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Truth forever on the scaffold, Wrong forever on the throne.
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