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Call Quotes by James Russell Lowell
- It is only by instigation of the wrongs of men that what we call the rights of men become turbulent and dangerous.
- In vain we call old notions fudge, And bend our conscience to our dealing; The Ten Commandments will not budge, And stealing will continue stealing.
- Ez fer war, I call it murder,- There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer…
- What men call luck Is the prerogative of valiant souls, The fealty life pays its rightful kings.
- Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in…
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