10/26/1926
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"In the absence of the Foreign Service Officer in charge of a consular district, the Foreign Service Officer acting shall enjoy the precedence regularly accorded the former."
"In him was likewise embodied the spirit of expansion."
"It is but natural that such a design should begin with George Washington, for with him begins that which is truly characteristic of America."
"By building the Panama Canal he brought into closer relationship the east and the west and realized the vision that inspired Columbus in his search for a new passage to the Orient."