On the recordMay 18, 1903
It is particularly a pleasure to be in a State already great, and yet with an infinitely greater future before it.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is particularly a pleasure to be in a State already great, and yet with an infinitely greater future before it.
Remarks at Auburn, California
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