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COOLIDGE, Calvin. Typed manuscript signed, ("Calvin Coolidge"), as President(?), a tribute to George Washington, part of his Address at the Commencement of George Washington University, delivered 22 February 1929. 1 full page, small folio, typed on good-quality bond paper, boldly signed in ink .
COOLIDGE, Calvin. Typed manuscript signed, ("Calvin Coolidge"), as President(?), a tribute to George Washington, part of his Address at the Commencement of George Washington University, delivered 22 February 1929. 1 full page, small folio, typed on good-quality bond paper, boldly signed in ink . COOLIDGE EXTOLLS WASHINGTON. A compact version of a lengthy commencement speech given during the last weeks of his Presidency: "Wherever men love liberty we find a veneration for the name of George Washington. Wherever there are aspirations for a free government...there is admiration for the institutions he established. Wherever purity of character and self-sacrificing public service are admired, his name is honored and revered....It was as a comprehending executive that Washington appears to have excelled. He could not have written the Declaration of Independence. Yet, as a statesman he was easily the superior of Jefferson. He could not have prepared the intricate report on manufactures. Yet, he was a far better business man than Hamilton. His words and actions were such that he inspired confidence. The country followed him because it trusted him." In closing Coolidge extols "the clearness of his intellect, the soundness of his judgement, the wisdom of his counsel, the disinterested patriotism of his actions...."