Carl Sandburg was born of Swedish ancestry in Galesburg, Illinois, in 1878. He was the son of a laborer, rail blacksmith August Johnson, and Clara Anderson. His family chose the name Sandburg separating them from a confusing neighborhood of Johnson I believe the key phrase in Sandburg's is: "Knowing silence will bring all one way or another." And, I believe he's right. I've thought often, and written some, about the simple restorative power silence can have. meditation is submerging your senses in silence. Beyond meditation, consider the wisdom gathered by the great Greek philosophers, Socrates, Aristotle and their lesser known peers by simple quiet observation. In the 3rd century Aristarchus of Samos, by observation alone, proposed the alternate
