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Quote by Carl Sandburg
When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may

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

Other quotes by Carl Sandburg

Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky – or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time. – Carl Sandburg

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Math
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Carl Sandburg
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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

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When we think of the past, we forget the fools and remember the sage. We reverse the process for our own time. – George Boas

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The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose. – James A. Baldwin

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Choice has always been a privilege of those who could afford to pay for it. – Ellen Frankfort

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It is impossible, in our condition of Society, not to be sometimes a Snob. – William Makepeace Thackeray

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