Calvin Coolidge: “Around it should center all that is best in science, in learning, in letters, and in art.”

So far as the Commission may deem practicable, such appointments shall be made from the registers of eligibles.

Examination papers shall be rated on a scale of 100, and the subjects therein shall be given such relative weights as the commission may prescribe.

They shall serve only so long as absolutely required and in no case beyond the usual field season.

I always tell people that I have so many places still to go to in the United States that I don't know when those will be so much exhausted that I will arrive at a time when I can visit other countries.