Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 12, 1909
The missionaries in China and the missionaries in Africa are the forerunners of our civilization.
Said by
Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at a Mass Meeting in Celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of Methodist Episcopal Missions in Africa at Carnegie Hall...

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