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Our country has many elements in its population, many different modes of thinking and living, all of which are striving in their own way to be loyal to the high ideals worthy of the crown of American citizenship.
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gutenberg.orgCalvin Coolidge: “Our country has many elements in its population, many different modes of thinking and living, all of which are striving…”
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Coolidge acknowledges the diversity of the American population and their shared loyalty to American ideals.
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