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... applause . ] Several distinguished gentlemen were invited to join us this evening in paying tribute to Dr. Ferguson . Fidelity to their official obligations prevents them from being here . Allow me to read the four telegrams that I have ...
... applause . ] Several distinguished gentlemen were invited to join us this evening in paying tribute to Dr. Ferguson . Fidelity to their official obligations prevents them from being here . Allow me to read the four telegrams that I have ...
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... applause . ] " 6 ' ( Signed ] HENRY CABOT LODGE . " Thoreau tells us in one of his noblest passages , that it takes two telling the truth , the one to speak it and the other to hear it . The truth about China , therefore , will be heard ...
... applause . ] " 6 ' ( Signed ] HENRY CABOT LODGE . " Thoreau tells us in one of his noblest passages , that it takes two telling the truth , the one to speak it and the other to hear it . The truth about China , therefore , will be heard ...
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... [ Applause . ] I have nothing to say in criticism of the government of any other nation on the face of the earth , but I have this to say about our Ameri- can government , that I believe as thoroughly to - day as I did when I was a boy ...
... [ Applause . ] I have nothing to say in criticism of the government of any other nation on the face of the earth , but I have this to say about our Ameri- can government , that I believe as thoroughly to - day as I did when I was a boy ...
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... [ Applause . ] If we , as an American people , are not afraid to give expression to our moral sentiment , are not afraid to say to Japan or Great Britain or France , or any other nation , frankly and fully , that our policy con- cerning ...
... [ Applause . ] If we , as an American people , are not afraid to give expression to our moral sentiment , are not afraid to say to Japan or Great Britain or France , or any other nation , frankly and fully , that our policy con- cerning ...
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... [ Applause . ] I would send the treaty back a dozen times until we were able to impress on our Allies that when it comes to a matter of the sacrifice of our American principles , for which we entered the war and which we maintain as firm ...
... [ Applause . ] I would send the treaty back a dozen times until we were able to impress on our Allies that when it comes to a matter of the sacrifice of our American principles , for which we entered the war and which we maintain as firm ...
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