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Herbert Hoover: “The store of the world's knowledge may not be priced in money, for money we make and spend, but knowledge remains always…”

On the recordJune 19, 1930
The store of the world's knowledge may not be priced in money, for money we make and spend, but knowledge remains always with the race.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

Remarks on Presenting the Special Gold Medal of the National Geographic Society to Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd.

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