A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessar… - Carl Sandburg

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A man must find time for himself. Time is what we spend our lives with. If we are not careful we find others spending it for us. . . . It is necessary now and then for a man to go away by himself and experience loneliness; to sit on a rock in the forest and to ask of himself, 'Who am I, and where have I been, and where am I going?' . . . If one is not careful, one allows diversions to take up one's time — the stuff of life.

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About Carl Sandburg

Carl August Sandburg (6 January 1878 –22 July 1967) was an American poet, historian, novelist, balladeer and folklorist.

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Alternative Names: Carl August Sandburg
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