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Calvin Coolidge: “The eighteenth century was the era of the development of political rights.”

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The eighteenth century was the era of the development of political rights.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge remarks on the significant advancements in political rights during the eighteenth century.

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