True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.

Quote by James Russell Lowell

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A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

A poet must need be before his own age, to be even with posterity.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

To educate the intelligence is to expand the horizon of its wants and desires.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

The eye is the notebook of the poet.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

Endurance is the crowning quality, And patience all the passion of great hearts.

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It was in making education not only common to all, but in some sense compulsory...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

It is the privilege of genius that life never grows common place, as it does...

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this - that you are dreadfully...

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Begin somewhere; you cannot build a reputation on what you intend to do.

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed... if we only knew...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

Poetry is something to make us wiser and better, by continually revealing those types of...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer...

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

Each day the world is born anew for him who takes it rightly.

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

An appeal to the reason of the people has never been known to fail in...

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another mind.

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to...

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.

Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.