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Toward no crimes have men shown themselves so cold-bloodedly cruel as in punishing differences in belief.

James Russell Lowell

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James Russell Lowell (22 February 1819 – 12 August 1891) was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets who rivaled the popularity of British poets.

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Pen Names: Hugh Perceval • Hugh Peters

Alternative Names: James R. Lowell • James Lowell

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No man is born into the world whose work
Is not born with him. There is always work,
And tools to work withal, for those who will;
And blessed are the horny hands of toil.

It is curious how tyrannical the habit of reading is, and what shifts we make to escape thinking. There is no bore we dread being left alone with so much as our own minds.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

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