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Calvin Coolidge: This is no gospel of ease and selfishness, or class distinction, but a gospel of effort and service, of universal…

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This is no gospel of ease and selfishness, or class distinction, but a gospel of effort and service, of universal application.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge promotes a philosophy of hard work and service that transcends social classes.

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