It is given to few men of any age, nation, or calling to become the benefactor of all humanity.
Herbert Hoover: “It is given to few men of any age, nation, or calling to become the benefactor of all humanity.”
On the recordOctober 17, 1931
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Statement on the Death of Thomas Alva Edison.
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