Herbert Hoover actually said...

No institution doing the work this Seminary is doing should be allowed to fail, particularly in times like these.

Message to the Biblical Seminary.

05/22/1932

More Herbert Hoover Quotes

That distinction came abundantly to Thomas Alva Edison whose death in his 85th year has ended a life of courage and outstanding achievement.

It is given to few men of any age, nation, or calling to become the benefactor of all humanity.

I mourn his passing as a personal friend over a quarter of a century.

MR. EDISON was as great in his brave fight for life as he was in the achievements which have made the whole world his debtor.