When I became President, one of the first things to which I devoted my attention was to try to bring about a fuller plan of irrigation, for the reclamation of agricultural lands in the semi-arid regions.
Remarks in Wichita Falls, Texas
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I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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