11/15/1948
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"The strength of this Republic lies in the fact that so many millions of men and women, who held no office and aspire to none, recognize as clearly as Jackson, Polk, and Johnson did that they must serv..."
"Thomas Jefferson has been endlessly praised for adding 827,000 square miles to the United States by the Louisiana Purchase."
"This is an occasion to which I have looked forward for a long time."
"In 1865 no man alive could have succeeded Abraham Lincoln without being subject to unfavorable comparisons."