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Bill Taft: “Now, that is the spirit I have found everywhere, and I am proud to be an American, and to know that such a spirit is…”

On the recordOctober 12, 1909
Now, that is the spirit I have found everywhere, and I am proud to be an American, and to know that such a spirit is actuating our people, because its continuance assures the greatness of our country and the making of it such that we can continue to love it with all our hearts.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at Prescott, Arizona

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