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• A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Shakespeare Once More...
• One day with life and heart Is more than time enough to find a world.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Columbu...
• The one thing finished in this hasty world. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Cathedral
• The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Longing...
• Two meanings have our lightest fantasies,-- One of the flesh, and of the spirit one.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Sonnet xxxiv, (ed. 1844.)...
• The only faith that wears well and holds its color in all weathers, is that which is woven of conviction and set with the sharp mordant of experience.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- My Study Windows, Abraham Lincoln, 1864...
• Aspiration sees only one side of every question; possession many.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- New England Two Centuries ago...
• There comes Emerson first, whose rich words, every one, Are like gold nails in temples to hang trophies on.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- A Fable for Critic...
• This goin' ware glory waits ye haint one agreeable feetur.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. ii...