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Calvin Coolidge: A person accustomed to our temperate climate ought to have an opportunity to get out of a climate as warm and trying as…

On the recordDecember 2, 1926
A person accustomed to our temperate climate ought to have an opportunity to get out of a climate as warm and trying as that of the Philippines for a considerable length of time, much oftener than five years.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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