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• Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Democracy and Addresse...
• A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Garfield...
• A wise scepticism is the first attribute of a good critic.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Shakespeare Once More...
• Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse. -- James Dea
• There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Democracy and Addresse...
• Before man made us citizens, great Nature made us men.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- On the Capture of Fugitive Slaves near Washingto...
• From lower to the higher next, Not to the top, is Nature's tex
  And embryo Good, to reach full stature, Absorbs the Evil in its nature....
• Good die young. Why live if you must be good?
• Let us be of good cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those that never come.
  James Russel Lowell...