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On the recordSeptember 15, 1965
To split the atom, to launch the rocket, to explore the innermost mysteries and the outermost reaches of the universe--these are your God-given chores.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Smithson Bicentennial Celebration.

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