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Carl Sandburg

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An American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.. American poet writer and editor; three Pulitzer Prizes


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Quote Left History is a living horse laughing at a wooden horse. History is a wind blowing where it listeth. History is no sure thing to bet on. History is a box of tricks with a lost key. History is a labyrinth of doors with sliding panels, a book of ciphers with the code in a cave of the Saragossa sea. History says, if it pleases, Excuse me, I beg your pardon, it will never happen again if I can help it. Quote Right
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Quote Left Let a joy keep you. Reach out your hands and take it when it runs by. Quote Right
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Quote Left Sometime they'll give a war and nobody will come. Quote Right
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Quote Left Arithmetic is numbers you squeeze from your head to your hand to your pencil to your paper until you get the right answer. Quote Right
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Quote Left In reply to the question, What was it the last man on earth said Where is everybody Quote Right
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Book: Shattered Sighs