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Calvin Coolidge: “Such a league, if formed, is not for the purpose, must not be for the purpose, of diminishing the spirit or influence of…”

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Such a league, if formed, is not for the purpose, must not be for the purpose, of diminishing the spirit or influence of our Nation, but to make that spirit and influence more real and more effective.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge emphasizes the importance of a national league that strengthens rather than diminishes American spirit and influence.

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