03/02/1925
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"It will be decidedly American in conception, in its magnitude, in its meaning and altogether worthy of our Country."
"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."