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The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.

James Russell Lowell

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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
Things
Front
Knocking
Doors
Asia
Conditions
Existing
Found
Wherever
Order
Atmosphere
Pervaded
America
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Favorable
Back
Door
Columbus
Long
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Discontent

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