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There are dreams stronger than death. Men and women die holding these dreams.
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 am the people the mob the crowd the mass. Do you know that all the great work of the world is done through me?
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The scholars and poets of an earlier time can be read only with a dictionary to help.
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A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.
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An expert is a damn fool a long way from home.
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