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We had two grand antique professors who had been teaching at Lombard since before I was born.
Carl Sandburg
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Carl Sandburg
Age: 89 †
Born: 1878
Born: January 6
Died: 1967
Died: July 22
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So I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning.
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An expert is a damn fool a long way from home.
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To never see a fool you lock yourself in your room and smash the looking-glass.
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