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Here was a type of the true elder race,And one of Plutarch's men talked with us face to face.
James Russell Lowell -
I don't believe in princerple,But oh I du in interest.
James Russell Lowell
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No, never say nothin' without you're compelled tu,An' then don't say nothin' thet you can be held tu.
James Russell Lowell -
The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.
James Russell Lowell -
Of my meritOn thet pint you yourself may jedge;All is, I never drink no sperit,Nor I haint never signed no pledge.
James Russell Lowell -
The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accurst.
James Russell Lowell -
Ez fer war, I call it murder-There you hev it plain an' flat;I don't want to go no furderThan my Testyment fer that.
James Russell Lowell -
Zekle crep' up quite unbeknownAn' peeked in thru' the winder,An there sot Huldy all alone,'ith no one nigh to hender.
James Russell Lowell
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Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut tu duIs jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.
James Russell Lowell -
It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory on all, that the destiny of the free republics of America was practically settled.
James Russell Lowell -
The Maple puts her corals on in May,While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling,To be in tune with what the robins sing.
James Russell Lowell -
In life's small things be resolute and greatTo keep thy muscle trained: know'st thou when FateThy measure takes, or when she'll say to thee,'I find thee worthy; do this deed for me'?
James Russell Lowell -
We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
James Russell Lowell -
From the summit of power men no longer turn their eyes upward, but begin to look about them. Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession, many.
James Russell Lowell
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Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, - One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
James Russell Lowell -
It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.
James Russell Lowell -
Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame;Ev'y thin' thet's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.
James Russell Lowell -
Our papers don't purtend to print on'y wut Guv'ment choose,An' thet insures us all to git the very best o' noose.
James Russell Lowell -
Folks never understand the folks they hate.
James Russell Lowell -
Ef you take a sword an’ dror it,An’ go stick a feller thru,Guv’mint ain’t to answer for it,God’ll send the bill to you.
James Russell Lowell