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Eisenhower: I am here because of my ultimate faith in education as the hope of the world--Christian religious education, man's free…

On the recordOctober 14, 1953
I am here because of my ultimate faith in education as the hope of the world--Christian religious education, man's free access to knowledge, his right to use it.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at the Cornerstone-Laying Ceremony for the Anthony Wayne Library of American Study, Defiance College, Defiance, Ohio

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