Great truths are portions of the soul of man; Great souls are portions of eternity.
James Russell Lowell
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Sonnet vi.; Bartlett, Familiar Quotations, ninth edition, James Russell Lowell entry; Sonnet vi.; Wording and named source checked in Bartlett’s published reference; the original work is identified by title and locator. Literary excerpts, not claims of personal spoken testimony.
- Sonnet vi.
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