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Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote.

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
Cannot
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Make
Repeating
Men
Doth
Worn
Save
Plan
Plans
Nature
Dote

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