James Russell
James Russell
Left-handed relief pitcher known for an average fastball and good slider who made his MLB debut in 2010 for the Chicago Cubs.
ProfessionBaseball Player
Date of Birth8 January 1986
CityCincinnati, OH
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Praise follows truth afar off, and only overtakes her at the grave; plausibility clings to her skirts and holds her back till then
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For there's nothing we read of in torture's inventions, Like a well-meaning dunce, with the best of intentions.
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The pressure of public opinion is like the pressure of the atmosphere; you can't see it - but all the same, it is sixteen pounds to the square inch.
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New occasions teach new duties, time makes ancient good uncouth; They must upward still and onward, who would keep abreast of truth.
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Fanaticism, or, to call it by its milder name, enthusiasm, is only powerful and active so long as it is aggressive. Establish it firmly in power, and it becomes conservatism, whether it will or no.
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Humbleness is always grace; always dignity
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It is good To lengthen to the last a sunny mood.
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What means this glory round our feet, The Magi mused, "more bright than morn!" And voices chanted clear and sweet, "To-day the Prince of Peace is born.
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My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow: Don't never prophesy - onless ye know.
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He who esteems the Virginia reel A bait to draw saints from their spiritual weal, And regards the quadrille as a far greater knavery Than crushing His African children with slavery, Since all who take part in a waltz or cotillon Are mounted for hell on the devil's own pillion, Who, as every true orthodox Christian well knows, Approaches the heart through the door of the toes.
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The thing we long for, that we are For one transcendent moment.
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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.
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Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own.
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Not a deed would he do, Not a word would he utter, Till he's weighed its relation To plain bread and butter.