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Carl Sandburg

"Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

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"Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

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"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse."

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"When there were fears about the future of this nation's older cities... when a few of the cities teetered on the brink of bankruptcy, all eyes were focused on Chicago for contrast."

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"Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display."

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"London is the clearing-house of the world."

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"Cities, like cats, will reveal themselves at night."

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"L.A. is my American city."

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"Edinburgh is alive with words."

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"One belongs to New York instantly. One belongs to it as much in five minutes as in five years."

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"Here is the difference between Dante, Milton, and me. They wrote about hell and never saw the place. I wrote about Chicago after looking the town over for years and years."

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