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• The one thing finished in this hasty world. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Cathedral
• Mishaps are like knives, that either serve us or cut us, as we grasp them by the blade or the handle.
  -- James Russell Lowell...
• Earth's noblest thing,--a woman perfected. -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Irene
• Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude to Part Fi...
• We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Biglow Papers, First Series, No. iii...
• In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
  -- James Russell Lowell...
• Now the heart is so full that a drop overfills it; We are happy now because God wills it.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- The Vision of Sir Launfal, Prelude to Part Fi...
• Not only around our infancy Doth heaven with all its splendors lie
  Daily, with souls that cringe and plot, We Sinais climb and know it not....
• One day with life and heart Is more than time enough to find a world.
  -- James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) -- Columbu...