John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
7350 James Russell Lowell 1819-1891 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 7350 |
| AUTHOR: | James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) |
| QUOTATION: | Nature, they say, doth dote, And can not make a man Save on some worn-out plan, Repeating us by rote. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ode at the Harvard Commemoration, July 21, 1865. |