Herbert Hoover: “Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to…”

On the recordApril 7, 1930

Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to humanity.

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Republican · California

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Address to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers on Receiving the First Hoover Gold Medal

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Herbert Hoover: “Emotion is permissible only in contemplation of their service to humanity.”