Russell Lowell

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    There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)

    “There is Lowell, who’s striving Parnassus to climb
    With a whole bale of isms tied together with rhyme,
    He might get on alone, spite of brambles and boulders,
    But he can’t with that bundle he has on his shoulders,
    The top of the hill he will ne’er come nigh reaching
    Till he learns the distinction ‘twixt singing and preaching;
    —James Russell Lowell (1819–1891)

    If we see light at the end of the tunnel,
    It’s the light of the oncoming train.
    —Robert Lowell (1917–1977)