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The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.

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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
Soil
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All thoughts that mold the age begin deep down within the primitive soul.
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Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal.
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Stern men with empires in their brains.
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A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.
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The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe, for change.
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I don't believe in princerple, But oh I du in interest.
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Incredulity robs us of many pleasures, and gives us nothing in return.
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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
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O visionary world, condition strange, Where naught abiding is but only change.
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Evil springs up, and flowers, and bears no seed, And feeds the green earth with its swift decay, Leaving it richer for the growth of truth.
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