09/15/1940
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"The procurement and training of our manpower under proper administration, fairly and without fear or favor, is undoubtedly the most important single factor in our entire program of national defense."
"The survival and the growth of the University through these two centuries are particularly symbolic of the eternal strength that is inherent in the American concept of the freedom of human thought and..."
"No dictator in history has ever dared to run the gauntlet of a really free election."
"The times call for bold belief that the world can be changed by man's endeavor, and that this endeavor can lead to something new and better."