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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.

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
Climbs
Plot
Splendors
Souls
Sinai
Daily
Cringe
Heaven
Infancy
Lying
Splendor
Around
Doth
Soul
Climb

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