James Russell Lowell
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Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of beauty and truth, which God has set in all men's souls.
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Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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Democracy is the form of government that gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.
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Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.
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A great man is made up of qualities that meet or make great occasions.