Carl Sandburg: Man

Carl Sandburg was American writer and editor. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“Man is a long time coming.
Man will yet win.
Brother may yet line up with brother:
This old anvil laughs at many broken hammers.
There are men who can't be bought.”

Carl Sandburg

"The People Will Live On" (1936)

Time

“Man's life? A candle in the wind, hoar-frost on stone.”

Carl Sandburg

The People, Yes http://books.google.com/books?id=bCSu8UHz9EUC&q=%22Man's+life+A+candle+in+the+wind+hoar+frost+on+stone%22&pg=PA509#v=onepage (1936)

Life

“The people know the salt of the sea
and the strength of the winds
lashing the corners of the earth.
The people take the earth
as a tomb of rest and a cradle of hope.
Who else speaks for the Family of Man?”

Carl Sandburg

"The People, Yes" (1936)

People , Family , Hope , Sea

“The name of an iron man goes round the world.
It takes a long time to forget an iron man.”

Carl Sandburg

"Washington Monument by Night" in Slabs of the Sunburnt West (1922)

World , Time , Forgetting