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Adlai Stevenson: “Is it too much to believe that this may be reckoned as one of the many agencies in this land, that in the outstretched…”

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Is it too much to believe that this may be reckoned as one of the many agencies in this land, that in the outstretched years will inspire our youth with yet higher ideals of duties that await them in life?
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Adlai Stevenson

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He hopes that the institution will inspire youth to aspire to higher ideals and responsibilities in life.

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