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John Fitzgerald Kennedy: “It is customary for speakers on these occasions to say in graduating addresses that commencement signifies the beginning…”

On the recordJune 4, 1963
It is customary for speakers on these occasions to say in graduating addresses that commencement signifies the beginning instead of an end.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Colorado Springs to the Graduating Class of the U.S. Air Force Academy.

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