Quotes by James Russell Lowell
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Blessed are they that have nothing to say, and who cannot be persuaded to say it
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold- bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences of belief
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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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If youth be a defect, it is one that we outgrow only too soon.
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Though old the thought and oft expressed, 'Tis his at last who says it best
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Talent is that which is in a man's power; genius is that in whose power a man is
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Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.
