SANDBURG, CARL (January 6, 1878-July 22, 1968), American poet, biographer, prose writer, and folk-song collector, was born in Galesburg, Illinois, the son of Swedish immigrant parents. (From Wilson Biographies at Pioneer, Utah's Online Library)
"Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work."
--Carl Sandburg
"The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring."
--Carl Sandburg
"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."
--Carl Sandburg
"Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed."
--Carl Sandburg
"Valor is a gift. Those having it never know for sure whether they have it till the test comes. And those having it in one test never know for sure if they will have it when the next test comes."
--Carl Sandburg
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