01/03/1909
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"We must go on with the task as we have begun it."
"I want to thank you very much for your courtesy in receiving me."
"We must have a first-class navy."
"I shall only say how glad I am to be here, bid you welcome with all my heart, and say how thoroughly I believe in you, and that I am a better American for being among you."