Maxioms by James Russell Lowell
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.
True scholarship consists in knowing not what things exist, but what they mean; it is not memory but judgment.
The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called
the savior of society by the next.
The Don Quixote of one generation may live to hear himself called
the savior of society by the next.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character.
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.
Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage,
Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage,
Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
