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Adlai Stevenson: “More than all this, our schoolhouses, universities, churches, and institutions for the relief of the unfortunate and…”

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More than all this, our schoolhouses, universities, churches, and institutions for the relief of the unfortunate and dependent, all bear witness to the glad fact that in our material development the claims of education, of religion, of charity, have not been forgotten.
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Adlai Stevenson

Editor's note · Context

Stevenson acknowledges the importance of education, religion, and charity in community development.

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