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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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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Enough Guidance Here Needed Poems Poetry Professor Read Robert Themselves Were

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Ordering a man to write a poem is like commanding a pregnant woman to give birth to a red-headed child.

~Carl Sandburg

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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

~Carl Sandburg

Topics: Along Always Brought Came Condition Down Forgot Found Goes Had Lost May Nation Sight Society Them Where

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Poet

Born: January 6th, 1878

Died: July 22nd, 1967

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