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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.

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
Creating
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Oaks
Inspirational
Blade
Play
Blades
Hard
Grass
Thing
Plant
Make
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Creativity

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