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Calvin Coolidge: Money spent for such a purpose is certain of adequate returns in the nature of increased public welfare.

On the recordAugust 9, 1927
Money spent for such a purpose is certain of adequate returns in the nature of increased public welfare.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Address at the Opening of Work on Mount Rushmore in Black Hills, SD

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