James Russell Lowell
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Even love is a paler emotion. That image of our Country with the flame of battle in her eyes which every man then saw, how beautiful it was, how potent to inspire devotion ! But these ecstasies of emotion are by their very nature as transient as they are ennobling. There is a sedater kind of patriotism, less picturesque, less inspiring, but quite as ad mirably serviceable in the prosy days of peace. It is the patient patriotism which strives to en lighten public opinion and to redress the balan...ce of party spirit, which inculcates civic courage and independence of mind, which refuses to ac cept clamor as argument, or to believe that phrases become syllogisms by repetition. It is this more modest and thoughtful patriotism to the exemplifying and practice of which we as pire, and the first lesson it teaches us is that a moderated and controlled enthusiasm is, like stored electricity, the most powerful of motive 224 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL forces, and that the reformer of practical abuses, springing from economic ignorance or mistake, then first begins to be wise when he allows for the obstinate vitality of human error and human folly, and is willing to believe that those who cannot see as he does are not therefore necessa rily bad men.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Even love is a paler emotion. That image of our Country with the flame of battle in her eyes which every man then saw, how beautiful it was, how potent to inspire devotion ! But these ecstasies of emotion are by their very nature as transient as they are ennobling. There is a sedater kind of patriotism, less picturesque, less inspiring, but quite as ad mirably serviceable in the prosy days of peace. It is the patient patriotism which strives to en lighten public opinion and to redress the balan...ce of party spirit, which inculcates civic courage and independence of mind, which refuses to ac cept clamor as argument, or to believe that phrases become syllogisms by repetition. It is this more modest and thoughtful patriotism to the exemplifying and practice of which we as pire, and the first lesson it teaches us is that a moderated and controlled enthusiasm is, like stored electricity, the most powerful of motive 224 JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL forces, and that the reformer of practical abuses, springing from economic ignorance or mistake, then first begins to be wise when he allows for the obstinate vitality of human error and human folly, and is willing to believe that those who cannot see as he does are not therefore necessa rily bad men.
What to read after James Russell Lowell?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Ferris Greenslet to read onlineMoreLess
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