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There are people who want to be everywhere at once, and they get nowhere
Carl Sandburg
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Carl Sandburg
Age: 89 †
Born: 1878
Born: January 6
Died: 1967
Died: July 22
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Carl August Sandburg
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There are dreams stronger than death. Men and women die holding these dreams.
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