I just had a thought. I was thinking maybe 10 or 15 years into the future, when there is a beautiful edifice in New York named after the gentleman from New York (Mr. Solomon), then maybe 20 years later than that someone says, take that name down and let us put up another name, what a terrible travesty that would be.
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