09/09/1919
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"Columbus will always be remembered and honored not only here in the land of his birth, but throughout the world."
"Justice and right and big things, and in these circumstances they are big with difficulty."
"If we do not rise to the expectation of the world and satisfy the souls of great peoples like the people of Italy, we shall have the most unenviable distinction in history."
"I want to join with you, for I am sure I am joining with you, in expressing my profound sympathy not only, but my very profound admiration as well."