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A Sandburg Stumper
10-21-2019, 05:21 AM
Post: #181
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Paul Findley?
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10-21-2019, 05:41 AM
Post: #182
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George Svejda ?

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Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns
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10-21-2019, 07:28 AM
Post: #183
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Alfred Hartcourt and Donald Brace, Sandburg's publishers ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-21-2019, 10:08 AM
Post: #184
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All are good guesses, but none are correct. The person who said this is still an academic.

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10-21-2019, 11:44 AM
Post: #185
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Ronald White?
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10-21-2019, 12:15 PM
Post: #186
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Michael Burlingame ?

So when is this "Old Enough To Know Better" supposed to kick in?
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10-21-2019, 12:33 PM
Post: #187
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Douglas L. Wilson?
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10-21-2019, 02:28 PM
Post: #188
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All are logical guesses, but not correct. I'll have another clue later in the day.

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Rob

Abraham Lincoln in the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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10-21-2019, 03:30 PM
Post: #189
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Not sure about Harold Holzer's stance on Sandburg, but I'll guess him first and then Doris Kearns Goodwin.
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10-21-2019, 05:21 PM
Post: #190
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Sorry Laurie, but it's neither Holzer nor Goodwin.

Next clue. His first name is Robert, but you will never find him by using that.

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10-21-2019, 05:34 PM
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Rob Wick?
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10-21-2019, 08:04 PM
Post: #192
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Excellent guess Steve, but I'm not anywhere near as eloquent. Smile

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10-21-2019, 09:03 PM
Post: #193
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Bob Willard?
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10-21-2019, 09:19 PM
Post: #194
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Sorry Steve, but it isn't him.

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Rob

Abraham Lincoln in the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
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10-21-2019, 10:53 PM
Post: #195
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The person who said this made the comment in 2007.

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I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.
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