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Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
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
Character
Loner
Wholesome
Miscellaneous
Loneliness
Solitude
Imagination
Society
Inspirational
Needful
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Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary.
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