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Remarks in Augusta, Maine

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Feb 14, 1909

Each of these children represents either a potential addition to the productive capacity and the enlightened citizenship of the nation, or, if allowed to suffer from neglect, a potential addition to the destructive forces of the community.

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Feb 19, 1909

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.

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Jan 21, 1909

The policy of conservation is perhaps the most typical example of the general policies which this Government has made peculiarly its own during the opening years of the present century.

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There are few things more vital to the welfare of the nation than accurate and dependable knowledge of the best methods of dealing with children, especially with those who are in one way or another handicapped by misfortune.

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