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For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

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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
Comes
Unlearning
Wisdom

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That cause is strong which has, not a multitude, but one strong man behind it.
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Stories now, to suit a public taste, must be half epigram, half pleasant vice.
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Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!
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Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.
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I tell ye wut, my judgment is you're pooty sure to fail, Ez long 'z the head keeps turnin' back for counsel to the the tail.
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His heart kep' goin' pity-pat, But hern went pity-Zekle.
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They have rights who dare maintain them.
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