02/04/1909
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"I think our citizens are more and more realizing that they wish to perpetuate the things that are of use and also the things that are of beauty."
"I believe in the future of this country because I believe in the men and women whom we are developing in the country."
"I welcome you all."
"I have felt that the events of the last five or six years have been steadily hastening the day when the Pacific will loom in the world's commerce as the Atlantic now looms."