09/03/1919
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"Pardon me, Mr. Chairman, if I have been entirely unreserved and plain-spoken in speaking of the great matters we all have so much at heart."
"We cannot afford to lose a single summer's day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter's suffering."
"There can be no easy or normal industrial credits because there can be no confident or permanent revival of business."
"Every element of normal life amongst us depends upon and awaits the ratification of the treaty of peace."