James Russell Lowell Quotes - Page 7

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• Not failure, but low aim, is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Inspirational, Fear, Educational

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.

  James Russell Lowell

  Thinking, Past, Historical

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “My Study Windows”, p.109

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• The realm of death seems an enemy's country to most men, on whose shores they are loathly driven by stress of weather; to the wise man it is the desired port where he moors his bark gladly, as in some quiet haven of the Fortunate Isles; it is the golden west into which his sun sinks, and, sinking, casts back a glory upon the leaden cloud-tack which had darkly besieged his day.

  James Russell Lowell

  Death, Wise, Country

  James Russell Lowell (1845). “Conversations on Some of the Old Poets”, p.111

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• Greatly begin. Though thou have time, but for a line, be that sublime. Not failure, but low aim is crime.

  James Russell Lowell

  Ambition, Sublime, Lines

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.382

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• Ah, in this world, where every guiding thread Ends suddenly in the one sure centre, death, The visionary hand of Might-have-been Alone can fill Desire's cup to the brim!

  James Russell Lowell

  Regret, Hands, Desire

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.88

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• If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it's the light of the oncoming train.

  James Russell Lowell

  Funny, Humor, Tunnels

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• O chime of sweet Saint Charity, Peal soon that Easter morn When Christ for all shall risen be, And in all hearts new-born! That Pentecost when utterance clear To all men shall be given, When all shall say My Brother here, And hear My Son in heaven!

  James Russell Lowell

  Sweet, Brother, Easter

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.385

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• In the gain or loss of one race all the rest have equal claim.

  James Russell Lowell

  Loss, Race, Gains

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.66

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• What visionary tints the year puts on, When falling leaves falter through motionless air Or numbly cling and shiver to be gone! How shimmer the low flats and pastures bare, As with her nectar Hebe Autumn fills The bowl between me and those distant hills, And smiles and shakes abroad her misty, tremulous hair!

  James Russell Lowell

  Fall, Autumn, Hair

  James Russell Lowell (2012). “The Vision of Sir Launfal And Other Poems by James Russell Lowell, With a Biographical Sketch and Notes, a Portrait and Other Illustrations”, p.67, tredition

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• And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

  James Russell Lowell

  Blessed, Hands, Horny

  "A Glance Behind the Curtain" l. 205 (1843)

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• No price is set on the lavish summer;
  June may be had by the poorest comer.

  James Russell Lowell

  Summer, June, May

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.117

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

  James Russell Lowell

  Gentleman, Democracy, Firsts

  James Russell Lowell (1900). “The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry ...”

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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.

  James Russell Lowell

  War, Civilization, Doubt

  James Russell Lowell (1910). “Essays, English and American”

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• Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

  James Russell Lowell

  Bravery, Literature, Weak

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• Of my merit On that pint you yourself may jedge: All is, I never drink no sperit, Nor I haint never signed no pledge.

  James Russell Lowell

  May, Merit, Drink

  James Russell Lowell (1859). “The Biglow papers”, p.111

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• Winds wanders, and dews drip earthward; Rains fall, suns rise and set; Earth whirls, and all but to prosper A poor little violet.

  James Russell Lowell

  Rain, Fall, Wind

  James Russell Lowell (1871). “The poetical works of James Russell Lowell”, p.90

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• The purely Great
  Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere,
  Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate.

  James Russell Lowell

  Passion, Fate, Soul

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.794, Delphi Classics

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• Death is delightful. Death is dawn, The waking from a weary night Of fevers unto truth and light.

  James Russell Lowell

  Life, Death, Night

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• It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is...

  James Russell Lowell

  Reason, Habit, Curious

  "Literary Essays, vol. I". Book by James Russell Lowell, 1864-1890.

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• Puritanism, believing itself quick with the seed of religious liberty, laid, without knowing it, the egg of democracy.

  James Russell Lowell

  Religious, Believe, Eggs

  James Russell Lowell (1870). “Among My Books: Six Essays”, p.227

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• It may be conjectured that it is cheaper in the long run to lift men up than to hold them down, and that the ballot in their hands is less dangerous to society than a sense of wrong is in their heads.

  James Russell Lowell

  Running, Men, Hands

  James Russell Lowell (1910). “Essays, English and American”

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• Fate loves best such syllables as are sweet and sonorous on the tongue.

  James Russell Lowell

  Sweet, Fate, Love Is

  John Keats, James Russell Lowell (1854). “The Poetical Works of John Keats: With a Life”, p.17

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• He gives us the very quintessence of perception,-the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent and obtrusive particulars have evaporated from the memory.

  James Russell Lowell

  Memories, Giving, Perception

  James Russell Lowell (1890). “The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Ten Volumes: Literary and political addresses”

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• I who still pray at morning and at eve Thrice in my life perhaps have truly prayed, Thrice stirred below conscious self Have felt that perfect disenthrallment which is God.

  James Russell Lowell

  Morning, Self, Perfect

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• Where Church and State are habitually associated, it is natural that minds, even of a high order, should unconsciously come to regard religion as only a subtler mode of police.

  James Russell Lowell

  Order, Police, Mind

  James Russell Lowell (2016). “Delphi Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell (Illustrated)”, p.1118, Delphi Classics

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