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Calvin Coolidge: Civilization depends not only upon the knowledge of the people, but upon the use they make of it.

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Civilization depends not only upon the knowledge of the people, but upon the use they make of it.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

Editor's note · Context

Coolidge asserts that civilization relies on both knowledge and its application by the populace.

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