Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it
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8th Annual Message
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the Postmaster General shall certify the fact to the Civil Service Commission, which shall forthwith hold an open competitive examination to test the fitness of applicants to fill such vacancy
No person who has passed his sixty-fifth birthday or who has not actually resided within the delivery of such office for two years next preceding such vacancy shall be given the examination herein provided for
I believe this to be the faith of America, the faith of the future, and of all the victories which await national action in the days to come, whether in America or elsewhere.
May we have vision to discern our duties; the strength, both of hand and resolve, to discharge them; and the soundness of heart to realize that the truest opportunities are those of service.





