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Nearly all the best things that came to me in life have been unexpected, unplanned by me.
Carl Sandburg
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Carl Sandburg
Age: 89 †
Born: 1878
Born: January 6
Died: 1967
Died: July 22
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I had taken a course in Ethics. I read a thick textbook, heard the class discussions and came out of it saying I hadn't learned a thing I didn't know before about morals and what is right or wrong in human conduct.
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Calling it off comes easy enough if you haven't told the girl you are smitten with her.
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