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It is by presence of mind in untried emergencies that the native metal of man is tested.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Emergencies
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Metals
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Presence
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True freedom is to share All the chains our brothers wear, And, with heart and hand, to be Earnest to make others free!
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His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
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