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This reads as a defense of staying power over quick force. It suggests that patience is not passivity, but the deepest form of strength in a generous or serious life, and it fits situations where progress is slow, grief is long, or a difficult commitment has to be carried without drama.
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Originally said in English.
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Books by James Russell Lowell
Among my books
2007
The complete poetical works of James Russell Lowell
2005
The old English dramatists
2007