Address at the Coliseum in Des Moines, Iowa
09/05/1919
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How eloquent this little house within this shrine is of the vigor of democracy!
Boasting is always an empty business, which pleases nobody but the boaster.
I am profoundly conscious of the responsibility which is mine.
I shall seek, as I have always sought, to purge my heart and purpose of every personal and of every misleading party motive.