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It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
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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Journalist
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Cambridge
Massachusetts
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The stiff rails were softened to swan's-down, and still fluttered down the snow.
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A stray hair, by its continued irritation, may give more annoyance than a smart blow.
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The one thing finished in this hasty world.
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Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship.
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