James Russell Lowell Quotes
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Sentiment is intellectualized emotion, - emotion precipitated, as it were, in pretty crystals by the fancy.
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Zekle crep' up quite unbeknownAn' peeked in thru' the winder,An there sot Huldy all alone,'ith no one nigh to hender.
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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.
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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.
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The traitor to Humanity is the traitor most accurst.
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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
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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'?
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Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it;We are happy now because God wills it.
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Of my meritOn thet pint you yourself may jedge;All is, I never drink no sperit,Nor I haint never signed no pledge.
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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.
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The Maple puts her corals on in May,While loitering frosts about the lowlands cling,To be in tune with what the robins sing.
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Ef you want peace, the thing you've gut tu duIs jes' to show you're up to fightin', tu.
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We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
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It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of intelligence.
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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.
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Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, - One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
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Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame;Ev'y thin' thet's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.
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Folks never understand the folks they hate.
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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.
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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.