James Russell Lowell Quote

The question of common sense is always "What is it good for?"—a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.


"Chaucer," North American Review (July 1870) - My Study Windows (1871)


The question of common sense is always What is it good for?—a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

The question of common sense is always What is it good for?—a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

The question of common sense is always What is it good for?—a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.

The question of common sense is always What is it good for?—a question which would abolish the rose and be answered triumphantly by the cabbage.