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FDR: The passage of time does not dim his memory, but rather serves to enlarge the stature of a character so simple, so…

On the recordMarch 14, 1935
The passage of time does not dim his memory, but rather serves to enlarge the stature of a character so simple, so straightforward that it neither requires nor permits the tribute of our rhetoric.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

A Tribute to Grover Cleveland.

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