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James Russell Lowell was an American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat associated with the Fireside Poets. Widely respected for his literary criticism, he contributed significantly to American literature and culture. He also served as a diplomat, representing the United States in Spain and the United Kingdom. Here are 263 of his quotes:

All thoughts that mould the age begin Deep down within the primitive soul. (James Russell Lowell)
These pearls of thought in Persian gulfs were bred, Each softly lucent as a rounded moon The diver Omar plucked them from their bed, Fitzgerald strung them on an English thread. View quote
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We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage. View quote
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Wut 's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal Who ventered life an' love an' youth For the gret prize o' death in battle. View quote
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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. View quote
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Talent is that which is in a man's power genius is that in whose power a man is. View quote
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Earth's noblest thing,a woman perfected. View quote
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Like streams that keep a summer mind Snow-hid in Jenooary. View quote
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To win the secret of a weed's plain heart. View quote
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Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind. View quote
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The capacity of indignation makes an essential part of the outfit of every honest man. (James Russell Lowell)
There is no better ballast for keeping the mind steady on its keel, and saving it from all risk of crankiness, than business. View quote
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Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy. View quote
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... It was in masking 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. View quote
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This child is not mine as the first was I cannot sing it to rest I cannot lift it up fatherly, And bless it upon my breast. Yet it lies in my little one's cradle, And sits in my little one's chair, And the light of the heaven she 's gone to Transfigures its golden hair. View quote
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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. View quote
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One day with life and heart Is more than time enough to find a world. View quote
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A wise skepticism is the first attribute of a good critic. View quote
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Before Man made us citizens, great Nature made us men. View quote
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There is no work of genius which has not been the delight of mankind, no word of genius to which the human heart and soul have not sooner or later responded. View quote
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Two meanings have our lightest fantasies, One of the flesh, and of the spirit one. (James Russell Lowell)
This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is not the insurrections of ignorance that are dangerous, but the revolts of the intelligence. View quote
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From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's text And embryo Good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the Evil in its nature. View quote
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James Russell Lowell

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Occupation: American Poet
Born: February 22, 1819
Died: August 12, 1891
Quotes count: 263
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