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Lyndon Johnson: “You must give the hours of your life, and the fruits of your learning, and the courage of your spirit, and the substance…”

On the recordMay 31, 1965
You must give the hours of your life, and the fruits of your learning, and the courage of your spirit, and the substance of your home to those in need in every continent of the earth.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Commencement Exercises of the National Cathedral School.

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