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FDR: They accept it for themselves because, in the past few years, they have come to understand that the inheritance is…

On the recordMarch 16, 1941
They accept it for themselves because, in the past few years, they have come to understand that the inheritance is theirs and that, like other inheritors of other things of great value, they have a duty toward it.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

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Address at the Dedication of the National Gallery of Art

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