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Calvin Coolidge: There, ability and character come very near to being the sole requirements for success.

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There, ability and character come very near to being the sole requirements for success.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge asserts that success in Massachusetts politics relies heavily on ability and character.

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