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“Attention is the stuff that memory is made of, and memory is accumulated genius.”

Quote by James Russell Lowell

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

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Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

James Russell Lowell was an influential American poet and critic. This illustrated volume presents his extensive body of work, showcasing his contributions to the literary landscape of his time. more

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James Russell Lowell

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

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“There is a law of neutralization of forces, which hinders bodies from sinking beyond a certain depth in the sea; but in the ocean of baseness, the deeper we get, the easier the sinking.”

Body Law Certain Force Sea Easier Ocean Depth Deeper Sinking Hinder Baseness

Book:Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

Source: Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

“O thou, whose days are yet all spring, Faith, blighted once, is past retrieving; Experience is a dumb, dead thing; The victory's in believing.”

Believe Past Belief Victory Spring Dumb

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“No sincere desire of doing good need make an enemy of a single human being; that philanthropy has surely a flaw in it which cannot sympathize with the oppressor equally as with the oppressed.”

Needs Humans Desire Human Beings Enemy Flaws Sincere Philanthropy Oppressed Doing Good Benevolence Oppressors

Book:Poems

Source: Poems

“Some kind of pace may be got out of the eeriest jade by the near prospect of oats; but the thoroughbred has the spur in his blood.”

Kind May Blood Pace Spurs Jade Thoroughbreds Oats

Author:James Russell Lowell

“Life may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.”

Way May Given Fields Truth Is Bravery Loyalty Closets

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“It is not a great Xerxes army of words, but a compact Greek ten thousand that march safely down to posterity.”

Thousand Ten Army Greek March Posterity Brevity Compact

Book:Among My Books: First [-second] series

Source: Among My Books: First [-second] series

“Nature, they say, doth dote, And cannot make a man Save on some worn-out plan Repeating us by rote: For him her Old World moulds aside she threw And, choosing sweet clay from the breast Of the unexhausted West, With stuff untainted shaped a hero new.”

Men World Stuff Plans Creation Sweet Hero West Breasts Worn Clay Worn Out Mould Old World

Book:The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

Source: The poetical works of James Russell Lowell

“Many-sidedness of culture makes our vision clearer and keener in particulars.”

Book:Literary and political addresses

Source: Literary and political addresses

“And what they dare to dream of, date to do.”

Dream Dare Daring Dare To Dream

Author:James Russell Lowell

“There is something solid and doughty in the man that can rise from defeat, the stuff of which victories are made in due time, when we are able to choose our position better, and the sun is at our back.”

Men Made Able Stuff Sun Position He Man Victory Defeat Dues Due Time

Book:Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)