| John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| | | James Russell Lowell. (1819–1891) (continued) |
| | | 7379 | | There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat. |
| Democracy and Addresses. |
| 7380 | | Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. |
| Democracy and Addresses. |
| 7381 | | 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. |
| Garfield. |
| 7382 | | If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book,—and that is a book honestly come by. |
| Before the U. S. Senate Committee on Patents, Jan. 29, 1886. |
| | | Thomas William Parsons. (1819–1892) |
| | | 7383 | Sorrow and scarlet leaf,
Sad thoughts and sunny weather:
Ah me, this glory and this grief
Agree not well together! |
| A Song for September. |
| 7384 | No dream his life was—but a fight!
Could any Beatrice see
A lover in that anchorite? |
| On a Bust of Dante. |
| 7385 | O Time! whose verdicts mock our own,
The only righteous judge art thou! |
| On a Bust of Dante. |
| | | Walt Whitman. (1819–1892) |
| | | 7386 | | I will write the evangel-poem of comrades and of love. |
| Starting from Paumanok. 6. |
| 7387 | | I say the whole earth and all the stars in the sky are for religion’s sake. |
| Starting from Paumanok. 7. |
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