• When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along.

  Source: Wade House: one of Wisconsins first stagecoach inns, its preservation and restoration, Kohler Co., 1957, p. 7

  Carl Sandburg
  American Poet 1878-1967
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. condition
2. brought
3. forgot
4. where
5. sight
6. along

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When a nation goes down, or a society perishes, one condition may always be found; they forgot where they came from. They lost sight of what had brought them along. by : Carl Sandburg

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