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FDR: Nowhere in the world except in the Americas is it possible for any nation to devote a great sector of its effort to life…

On the recordOctober 30, 1940
Nowhere in the world except in the Americas is it possible for any nation to devote a great sector of its effort to life conservation rather than to life destruction.
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FDR
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Dedication of the National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland.

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