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Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
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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The victory's in believing.
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The sentimentalist does not think of what he does so much as of what the world will think of what he does.
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