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A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b'lieve 'em too hard.
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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I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them.
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