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Herbert Hoover: For our tasks and their tasks there is need of a daily inspiration of surroundings that suggest not only the traditions…

On the recordApril 24, 1929
For our tasks and their tasks there is need of a daily inspiration of surroundings that suggest not only the traditions of the past but the greatness of the future.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Address to the American Institute of Architects: Improvement of the National Capital.

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