James Russell Lowell Quotes on Legacy
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It may be glorious to write Thoughts that shall glad the two or three High souls, like those far stars that come in sight Once in a century.
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The soil out of which such men as he are made is good to be born on, good to live on, good to die for and to be buried in.
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Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of Truth with Falsehood, for the good or evil side.
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Our slender life runs rippling by, and glides Into the silent hollow of the past; What is there that abides To make the next age better for the last?