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Most men make the voyage of life as if they carried sealed orders which they were not to open till they were fairly in mid-ocean.
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
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Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Life
Fairly
Carried
Till
Ocean
Open
Sealed
Order
Voyage
Make
Voyages
Men
Orders
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