On the recordJanuary 26, 1916
We live in a world which we did not make, which we can not alter, which we can not think into a different condition from that which actually exists.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWe live in a world which we did not make, which we can not alter, which we can not think into a different condition from that which actually exists.
Address to the Seventh Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association in New York City
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