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“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.”

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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

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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

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“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

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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

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“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)

“A father of the church said that property was theft, many centuries before Proudhon was born. Bourdaloue reaffirmed it. Montesquieu was the inventor of national workshops and of the theory that the state owed every man a living. Nay, was not the church herself the first organized democracy?”

Men Firsts Said States Father Born Church Democracy Century Theory Property Every Man Organized Theft Inventor Workshops Montesquieu

Book:Books and Libraries: Democracy, and Other Papers

Source: Books and Libraries: Democracy, and Other Papers

“Christ was the first true democrat that ever breathed, as the old dramatist Dekkar said he was the first true gentleman.”

Firsts Said Christ Democracy Democrat Gentleman True Gentleman

Book:The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry ...

Source: The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry ...

“If the devil take a less hateful shape to us than to our fathers, he is as busy with us as with them.”

Ifs Father Shapes Devil Busy Our Father Hateful

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Source: Among my Books, etc

“Year by year, more and more of the world gets disenchanted. Even the icy privacy of the arctic and antarctic circles is invaded. We have played Jack Horner with our earth, till there is never a plum left in it.”

World Years Earth Left Circles Privacy Arctic Icy Plums Disenchantment Disenchanted

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