« I’m an idealist. I don’t know where I’m going, but I’m on my way. »

Carl Sandburg 

Carl Sandburg (January 6, 1878 – July 22, 1967) was an American writer and editor, best known for his poetry. He was the recipient of three Pulitzer Prizes: two for his poetry and another for his biography of Abraham Lincoln. H. L. Mencken called Carl Sandburg « indubitably an American in every pulse-beat. »