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 LowellBe He nowhere else, God is in all that liberates and lifts, in all that humbles, sweetens, and consoles.
James Russell LowellChildren are God's Apostles, sent forth, day by day, to preach of love, and hope, and peace.
James Russell LowellAmong the lessons taught by the French revolution, there is none sadder or more striking than this--that you may make everything else out of the passions of men except a political system that will work, and that there is nothing so pitilessly and unconsciously cruel as sincerity formulated into dogma.
James Russell Lowell