The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the footprints of their age Are petrified forever.


Poems (ed. 1853)

James Russell Lowell Quotes

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the...

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the...

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the...

The future works out great men's destinies; The present is enough for common souls, Who, never looking forward, are indeed Mere clay wherein the...