On the recordFebruary 21, 1905
As a nation we have had our full share of great men, but the two men of pre-eminent greatness who, as the centuries go on, will surely loom above all others are Washington and Lincoln.
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Remarks at the Commemoration of Washington's Birthday by the University of Pennsylvania and on Receiving the Degree of...
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