The opening of the first grammar school was the opening of the first trench against monopoly in Church and State.
James Russell LowellIn the parliament of the present every man represents a constituency of the past.
James Russell LowellNature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't write, can surely review.
James Russell LowellIt 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.
James Russell LowellHave you ever rightly considered what the mere ability to read means? That it is the key which admits us to the whole world of thought and fancy and imagination? to the company of saint and sage, of the wisest and the wittiest at their wisest and wittiest moment? That it enables us to see with the keenest eyes, hear with the finest ears, and listen to the sweetest voices of all time? More than that, it annihilates time and space for us.
James Russell Lowell