Eisenhower: “So, haltingly as I have expressed my simple thoughts, I hope that they help convince you that I am delighted to see you…”

“So, haltingly as I have expressed my simple thoughts, I hope that they help convince you that I am delighted to see you here, to see people trained in the processes of education, people of great minds meeting here to exchange ideas of how best may we achieve progress among all men--our own people, and those with whom we must necessarily live in this shrinking world.”