An Argument for Party Reform E-book
Author: James Russell Lowell
Genre: Literature
Lowell, James Russell (1819-1891)
Poet, editor, essayist, literary critic, and man of letters.
Born into a distinguished colonial Massachusetts family, Lowell was
class poet at Harvard where he later became professor of modern
languages. In 1844, published Poems and married Maria White, a
poet and abolitionist who influenced his ideas. Lowell was the
first editor of the Atlantic Monthly and edited the North American
Review. Later served as Minister to both Spain and England. Died
at Cambridge, Massachusetts where he was born.
An Argument for Party Reform (1888)
Taken from an address called "The Place of the Independent in
Politics" and delivered in New York in April 1888, Lowell argues
that "There should be somebody to look after the politicians;
somebody to ask disagreeable questions and to utter uncomfortable
truths."
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