Carolina QuotesMan 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 Connected to the Carolinas
Source
"The People Will Live On" (1936)
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- 1936
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“Man is a long time coming. Man will yet win. Brother may yet…” Carl Sandburg. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-EF6AC3CE38. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/ef6ac3ce38
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