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“You've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.”

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James Russell Lowell was an American poet, born on February 22, 1819, and died on August 12, 1891. His poetry is known for its profound social insights and admiration for nature. more

“A nature wise With finding in itself the types of all, With watching from the dim verge of the time What things to be are visible in the gleams Thrown forward on them from the luminous past, Wise with the history of its own frail heart, With reverence and sorrow, and with love, Broad as the world, for freedom and for man.”

Men World Heart Character Past Wise Type Sorrow Findings Visible Thrown Broads Reverence Luminous Verge Frail Gleam

Book:Miscellaneous poems. Memorial verses. Sonnets. I-XXVII. L'Envoi. Vision of Sir Launfal

Source: Miscellaneous poems. Memorial verses. Sonnets. I-XXVII. L'Envoi. Vision of Sir Launfal

“The pine is the mother of legends.”

Mother Legends

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“Stern men with empires in their brains.”

Men Mind Brain Empires Statesmanship

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“The sentimentalist does not think of what he does so much as of what the world will think of what he does.”

Thinking World Doe

Book:Among my Books, etc

Source: Among my Books, etc

“Not but wut abstract war is horrid, I sign to thet with all my heart, But civilysation doos git forrid Sometimes, upon a powder-cart.”

Heart War Sometimes My Heart Abstract Powder Carts

Author:James Russell Lowell

“Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.”

Rooms Congress Committees Session Exhibitions Congressional Committees

Book:Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings

Source: Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings

“There was a time when corporations played a minor part in our business affairs, but now they play the chief part, and most men are the servants of corporations.”

Men Play Affair Chiefs Corporations Servant Minors

Book:Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings

Source: Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writings

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