The true historical genius, to our thinking, is that which can see the nobler meaning of events that are near him, as the true poet is he who detects the divine in the casual; and we somewhat suspect the depth of his insight into the past who cannot recognize the godlike of to-day under that disguise in which it always visits us.
James Russell LowellLife may be given in many ways, and loyalty to truth be sealed as bravely in the closet as the field.
James Russell Lowell