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What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.

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
Luck
Fortune
Kings
Fealty
Pay
Rightful
Call
Valiant
Soul
Prerogative
Men
Pays
Life
Souls

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