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05-08-2023, 07:55 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-08-2023 08:01 PM by Rob Wick.)
Post: #361
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
In honor of Roger's return, here is the latest incarnation of "A Sandburg Stumper."
No Googling, please. Listen to the following conversation: The woman then asked Sandburg, “This [fellow], they say he was an infidel. Was he?” Sandburg quietly assured her that “he was nearer to God than any man who said that." To whom was Sandburg and the woman referring to? First clue. It WAS NOT Abraham Lincoln. 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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05-09-2023, 03:00 AM
Post: #362
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
(05-08-2023 07:55 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: In honor of Roger's return, here is the latest incarnation of "A Sandburg Stumper." John Brown? “The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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05-09-2023, 04:28 AM
Post: #363
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
I'll second Michael and guess John Brown.
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05-09-2023, 08:53 AM
Post: #364
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Exceptional guess gentlemen, but incorrect.
Clue twofer: I'm sure he's been mentioned here before, but I would not dare try to guess how many times. Also, Sandburg wrote to Phillip Green Wright, "He says to read Homer, Virgil, the Bible, etc. on a rocky point on Long Island with the sea on three sides. I think there’s many a man and woman tired of life trying to find what it can mean to laugh, run, leap and exult- probing the mystery in a room where the tomes of lore shut out the life-giving air." 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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05-09-2023, 02:29 PM
Post: #365
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Eugene Debs?
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05-09-2023, 05:29 PM
Post: #366
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Anita, but it is not Debs.
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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05-09-2023, 05:38 PM
Post: #367
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Henry David Thoreau?
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05-09-2023, 08:35 PM
Post: #368
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Nope, Roger, it isn't Thoreau.
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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05-09-2023, 11:02 PM
Post: #369
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Robert Ingersoll?
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05-10-2023, 09:55 AM
Post: #370
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry Steve, but it isn't Ingersoll.
Next clue. In 1904 Sandburg paid a visit to New Jersey to see the sites associated with this person and paid a woman a quarter to tour his home. That was when Sandburg was asked the question. 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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05-11-2023, 01:01 AM
Post: #371
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
William Dayton? A real dark horse guess from New Jersey.
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05-11-2023, 07:28 AM
Post: #372
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Sorry, but it isn't Dayton.
Next clue. The woman giving Sandburg the tour said she knew this person. "You couldn't help but like him," she said. She added that he was such a gentle soul that he wouldn't let his housekeeper brush away the cobwebs from his home. He said that "he wished to let the spiders have their own sweet way." 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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05-11-2023, 04:57 PM
Post: #373
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Walt Whitman?
“The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, Is king o' men for a' that” Robert Burns |
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05-11-2023, 06:12 PM
Post: #374
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Good job Mike! It was Whitman. My last clue was going to be that Sandburg was often compared to him, and even Sandburg admitted that he copied Whitman in the beginning.
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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07-14-2023, 10:11 AM
Post: #375
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RE: A Sandburg Stumper
Who is this (Sandburg edition)?
No googling please. Who is this gentleman standing behind Sandburg? ![[Image: aelsXLVu_t.jpg]](https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/b4/09/aelsXLVu_t.jpg) 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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