Carolina QuotesI tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
Carl Sandburg Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"Prairie" (1918)
- year
- 1918
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“I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-819989295E. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/819989295e
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