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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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American poet and educator Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is one of the greatest poets in American history. Born in Portland, Maine, He became professor of Modern Languages in Harvard University; wrote "Hyperion," a romance in prose, and a succession of poems as well as lyrics, among the former "Evangeline," "The Golden Legend," "Hiawatha," and "Miles Standish"


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Quote Left Doubtless criticism was originally benignant, pointing out the beauties of a work rather that its defects. The passions of men have made it malignant, as a bad heart of Procrustes turned the bed, the symbol of repose, into an instrument of torture. Quote Right
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Quote Left The course of my long life hath reached at last In fragile bark o'er a tempestuous sea... Quote Right
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Quote Left The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books. Quote Right
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Quote Left The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can do well, and doing well whatever you do. Quote Right
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Quote Left Trust no future, however pleasant Let the dead past bury its dead Act, - act in the living Present Heart within and God overhead. Quote Right
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