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Calvin Coolidge: “For the first time in five years it comes at a time when the issue of world events makes it no longer doubtful whether…”

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For the first time in five years it comes at a time when the issue of world events makes it no longer doubtful whether the American conception of work as the crowning glory of men free and equal is to prevail over the age-old European conception that work is the badge of the menial and the inferior.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

In this statement, Coolidge contrasts American and European views on work and its value.

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