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Carl Sandburg

American writer and editor.

Born January 6th, 1878 in Galesburg. [ref]

Died July 22nd, 1967 at 89 years old in Flat Rock. [ref]

Occupations
biographer, children's writer, historian, journalist, musicologist, novelist, poet, screenwriter, trade unionist, writer
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche