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But better far it is to speak One simple word, which now and then Shall waken their free nature in the weak And friendless sons of men.

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
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Nature
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Men
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