I should feel that I was guilty of an unpardonable omission if I did not go out and tell my fellow countrymen that new circumstances have arisen which make it absolutely necessary that this country should prepare herself, not for war, but for adequate national defence.
Address At Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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