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11-03-2013, 06:54 AM
Post: #106
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
It was an author, Roger, but not Benjamin Thomas.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-03-2013, 10:26 AM
Post: #107
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Next clue
Of Sandburg, he said that anything written by him was "hogwash" even though the "eastern iota-subscripts" might like it. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-03-2013, 10:44 AM
Post: #108
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Edgar Lee Masters.
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11-03-2013, 11:31 AM
Post: #109
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
I second Roger's answer!
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11-03-2013, 11:40 AM
Post: #110
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
You got it Roger. Good job! (And I'll give Bill partial credit for agreeing).
Masters was always jealous of Sandburg and felt that when Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years came out, Sandburg had "stolen his thunder" even though Masters' book wouldn't come out for another five years. In 1943, Randall visited Sandburg's home in Harbert. The two walked along the beach in front of Sandburg's home. Randall recorded their conversation in his diary. S. Talked [to] me [of] E. Lee Masters and his hates. S. does not keep his hates. To hell with them. Said he gave M. a severe … denunciation to his face re: “Lincoln the Man”.. Called it hitting below the belt. I said I liked the Sangamon and S. agreed. Masters's best biographer, Herbert K. Russell, told me he didn't think it likely Sandburg gave Masters "a severe...denunciation" to his face, but agreed that it wouldn't have been out of character given the relationship between the two men. You and Bill win the right to have yourselves memorialized when Masters updates his Spoon River Anthology. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-03-2013, 11:46 AM
Post: #111
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Nice information Rob. Your posts are always rich with good stuff. Oh, and thanks for the prize.
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11-03-2013, 11:56 AM
Post: #112
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
You're welcome Bill. I've got another one.
What did Sandburg say he couldn't do on a Tuesday, but could only do on a Friday? The only place I've ever seen this is in Randall's diary, so you all will have to do some serious thinking. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-03-2013, 01:54 PM
Post: #113
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
What a puzzle! Off the top of my head I don't know. Oh, you said "serious thinking." Let me think about it!
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11-03-2013, 05:54 PM
Post: #114
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
First clue:
If this was true, Friday must have been busy. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-04-2013, 05:23 AM
Post: #115
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Write? Type?
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11-04-2013, 08:51 AM
Post: #116
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
You're on the right track Roger with the first word, but it was a specific type of writing that only he could do.
Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-04-2013, 09:22 AM
Post: #117
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11-04-2013, 09:38 AM
Post: #118
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Joe, but that's not it.
The best clue is staring everyone right in the face. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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11-04-2013, 11:06 AM
Post: #119
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Autograph books.
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11-04-2013, 12:40 PM
Post: #120
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Close enough, Anita. According to Randall's diary entry for September 22, 1942:
"A student at the Union asked for an autograph. Couldn’t do it he said. Friday was autograph day, not Tuesday." Since I don't own an original Sandburg autograph, and it isn't Tuesday or Friday, you win the thanks of a grateful nation. Best Rob Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom. --Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent. --Carl Sandburg
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