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Be He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles.

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
Nowhere
Lifts
God
Else
Sweetens
Consoles
Humbles
Liberates
Console

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