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Herbert Hoover: It is an occasion for looking back to our past, for taking stock of our present and, in the light of both, setting the…

On the recordFebruary 21, 1932
It is an occasion for looking back to our past, for taking stock of our present and, in the light of both, setting the compass for our future.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Opening the Celebration of the Bicentennial of the Birth of George Washington

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