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The one thing finished in this hasty world.

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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
Hasty
Finished
Thing
World

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O visionary world, condition strange, Where naught abiding is but only change.
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