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To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
Diplomat
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Journalist
Literary Critic
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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Educate
Horizon
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Education
Knowledge
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