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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.

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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