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Ronald Reagan: “When great causes are on the move in the world . . . we learn we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going…”

On the recordMay 16, 1981
When great causes are on the move in the world . . . we learn we are spirits, not animals, and that something is going on in space and time, and beyond space and time, which, whether we like it or not, spells duty.
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Ronald Reagan
Republican · California
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presidency.ucsb.edu

Editor's note · Context

Address at Commencement Exercises at the University of Notre Dame

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