James Russell Lowell Quotes
God is not dumb, that he should speak no more;
If thou hast wanderings in the wilderness
And find'st not Sinai, 'tis thy soul is poor.
Lowell, James Russell. "Bibliolatres." The Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell. Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1890, p. 99.
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Tenskwatawa, though an Indian, used the same claims and approach that messiahs and prophets have in many different religions, times and places.
He saw the different religions’ “messengers of God” such as the Jewish prophets, Jesus, and prophets of other religions as all part of God’s inspiration of man. His writings were influential on several religions. For example, Saint Thomas Aquinas quotes Mani on several occasions.
This quotation is one of the great religious ecumenical statements of history. Mani’s religion became extinct. Zoroaster was the prophet who founded the religion of Persia that preceded Islam and still has some followers. Like Judaism and Christianity, it is allowed under Islam as Mohammad had a large part of the Middle East who followed that religion.
James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New England writers who were among the first American poets that rivaled the popularity of British poets. These writers usually used conventional forms and meters in their poetry, making them suitable for families entertaining at their fireside.
