On the recordNovember 19, 1904
I do not care very much for the coward or the moral weakling.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI do not care very much for the coward or the moral weakling.
Remarks at the Celebration of the 110th Anniversary of St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Church
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