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FDR: Above all things, in a time grown too solemn and somber he brought his countrymen back to a sense of proportion.

On the recordNovember 3, 1938
Above all things, in a time grown too solemn and somber he brought his countrymen back to a sense of proportion.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Dedication by Radio of the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma from Hyde Park, New York

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