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In the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.

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
Easier
Literature
Baseness
Sinking
Deeper
Morality
Ocean

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