Show WHO TOO SAID pride and weakness are siamese twins ILI j AMES RUSSELL LOWELL author of the words quoted Is known knon to the A american public and to it great see sec tion of lite british public as a n poet lie ile Is 15 less knoma as in an abolitionist and yet ct his work la in abolishing the lne anve rude in ili tills country brought blin more moie prominence during ills his lifetime than did ills his poetical work loell was ns born in cambridge Af mass fiss february 22 1810 1819 nineteen airs years later lie was is graduated from lint vard college lie ile enli early joined the ranfis of the abolitionists and his Bi filow glow papers did a great dell deil to take like the of claery sin cry out or of the class and make it a pop ular ul ir mutter matter in 1855 isa lie he wits offered the post of professor of belles lettres tit at hanard rol a pot post ailed lv by henry wadsworth longfellow Ions feilo biowell accepted tile the of flee on condition tint that lie he might have two years to study abroad tills this was granted and niter after ills his tour of V europe drope lie he returned to tills country and as the duties of professor the north american review elew Il which numbered many famous literary names among its editors secured the services of lowell in 1863 lie ile held that position until 1872 1 alin 0 n he e resigned from the stiff start during it r 1 a we e civil war lie resumed resi ills his att attacks d slavery w and published a second series of the big low papers in the atlantic ml monthly following follow ink his bis resign atlon from the staff of nf hie file north american Ainer ienn review biowell again visited burcope libie lie was na well mell rev revolved elved on oil his lefurn lie he avns appointed minister to spain sin n and nn I 1 great britain successively uis his deatti occurred in ili 1891 wayne D mcmurray by george matthew adams adame |