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Bill Taft: “I like to think, whether it be true or not, that we have in this generation reached a somewhat different view of the…”

On the recordNovember 10, 1909
I like to think, whether it be true or not, that we have in this generation reached a somewhat different view of the responsibilities of a civilized nation from that which prevailed in the last generation, especially as applied to our country.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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Address at the Washington Convention of the Laymen's Missionary Movement in Continental Memorial Hall

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