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Did man e'er live Saw priest or woman yet forgive?
James Russell Lowell
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James Russell Lowell
Age: 72 †
Born: 1819
Born: February 22
Died: 1891
Died: August 12
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Cambridge
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Forgiving
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Children are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
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I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
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Earth's noblest thing,-a woman perfected.
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New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.
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