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Harry Truman: The peoples of the earth face the future with grave uncertainty, composed almost equally of great hopes and great fears.

On the recordJanuary 19, 1949
The peoples of the earth face the future with grave uncertainty, composed almost equally of great hopes and great fears.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Inaugural Address.

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