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It is not without reason that fame is awarded only after death. The cloud-dust of notoriety which follows and envelops the men who drive with the wind bewilders contemporary judgment.

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
Judgment
Notoriety
Wind
Cloud
Death
Follows
Reason
Contemporary
Without
Dust
Men
Drive
Clouds
Envelops
Fame
Awarded

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