Carolina QuotesI see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of despair ahead of us, I see America in the crimson light of a rising sun fresh from the burning, creative hand of God. I see great days ahead, great days possible to men and women of will and vision …
Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas
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Interview with Frederick Van Ryn, This Week Magazine (January 4, 1953), p. 11. Sandburg previously used these words at a rally at Madison Square Garden, New York City (October 28, 1952), praising Adlai E. Stevenson during the latter's 1952 presidential campaign. Reported in The Papers of Adlai E. Stevenson (1955), vol. 4, p. 175.
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“I see America, not in the setting sun of a black night of de…” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-66E8F29B9E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/66e8f29b9e
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