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Herbert Hoover: The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his store of high idealism and his fragrant hope.

On the recordMarch 9, 1930
The priceless treasure of boyhood is his endless enthusiasm, his store of high idealism and his fragrant hope.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Address Commemorating the 20th Anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America.

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