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Eisenhower: “And so I dedicate this building to the conquest of disease so that mankind, more safe and secure in body, may more…”

On the recordMay 25, 1955
And so I dedicate this building to the conquest of disease so that mankind, more safe and secure in body, may more surely advance to a widely shared prosperity and an enduring and just peace.
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Eisenhower
Republican · Kansas

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Remarks at Dedication of the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Walter Reed Medical Center

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