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Harry Truman: The St. Lawrence project stirs the imagination long accustomed to majestic distances and epic undertakings.

On the recordJune 10, 1947
The St. Lawrence project stirs the imagination long accustomed to majestic distances and epic undertakings.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Address Before the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa.

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