Enthusiasm begets enthusiasm, eloquence produces conviction for the moment; but it is only by truth to Nature and the everlasting institutions of mankind that those abiding influences are won that enlarge from generation to generation.
James Russell LowellSolitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
James Russell LowellI have always been of the mind that in a democracy manners are the only effective weapons against the bowie-knife.
James Russell Lowell