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That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.
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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Those who love are but one step from heaven.
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Once to every man and nation, comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side Some great cause, some great decision, offering each the bloom or blight, And the choice goes by forever, ’twixt that darkness and that light.
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The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.
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Never did Poesy appear So full of heaven to me, as when I saw how it would pierce through pride and fear To the lives of coarsest men.
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Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
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Darkness is strong, and so is Sin, But surely God endures forever!
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A great part of human suffering has its root in the nature of man, and not in that of his institutions.
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You've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.
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His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
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For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.
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Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not.
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Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!
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