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“Men have their intellectual ancestry, and the likeness of some one of them is forever unexpectedly flashing out in the features of a descendant, it may be after a gap of several centuries. In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.”

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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Book:Conversations on Some of the Old Poets

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“The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient of being told that property is entitled to exceptional consideration because it bears all the burdens of the state. It bears those, indeed, which can be most easily borne, but poverty pays with its person the chief expenses of war, pestilence, and famine.”

Source: Essays, English and American

“It is singular how impatient men are with overpraise of others, how patient of overpraise of themselves; and yet the one does them no injury, while the other may be their ruin.”

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

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

“In the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.”

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Book:THE POETICAL WORKS OF JOHN KEATS.

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“It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is...”

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Author:James Russell Lowell

“Have you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us.”

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Source: Democracy and other Addresses

“I don't wake up every day and think about which tournaments I won and which titles I hold. It's something I don't care about.”

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“Reading Chaucer is like brushing through the dewy grass at sunrise.”

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Author:James Russell Lowell

“The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.”

Long America Order Found Doors Conditions Fronts Seeking Atmosphere Asia Discontent Knocking Columbus Front Doors Back Doors

Book:Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes

Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes