Certainly it is no shame to a man that he should be as nice about his country as his sweetheart, yet it… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Ez fer war, I call it murder,- There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Wut 's words to them whose faith an' truth On war's red techstone rang true metal; Who ventered life an' love an'… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The right of individual property is no doubt the very corner-stone of civilization, as hitherto understood; but I am a little impatient… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Not but wut abstract war is horrid, I sign to thet with all my heart, But civilysation doos git forrid Sometimes, upon… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
He gives only the worthless gold who gives from a sense of duty. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
As life runs on, the road grows strange with faces new - and near the end. The milestones into headstones change, Neath every one… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Most religion-mongers have bated their paradises with a bit of toasted cheese. They have tempted the body with large promises of possessions in their… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It is beginning to be doubtful whether Parliament and Congress sit in Westminster and Washington, or in the editorial rooms of the leading journals,--so… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
[B]ut in literature, it should be remembered, a thing always becomes his at last who says it best, and thus makes it his own. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image