Ideas “It is the ferment of ideas, the clash of disagreeing judgments, the privilege of the individual to develop his own thought and shape his own character which makes progress […]
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May 6, 2014
Quotations – H
May 6, 2014
History “Savages have no history.” Source: “At The Home Of Daniel Webster,” on July 4, 1916. As found in Have Faith in Massachusetts. Home Ownership “The moral power of the […]
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May 6, 2014
Gain “There is very little that is really worth while which can be bought or sold. The desire for gain has made many cowards, but it has never made a […]
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May 2, 2014
Will my child get in trouble at college? And how can I stop it?
Those are the questions parents ask themselves when their children set out for university. President Coolidge was no different — as evidenced by a telegram recently uncovered in the Library of Congress by researcher Sim Smiley. The wire was from Attorney General Harlan Stone, Amherst Class of 1894, to a federal agent.
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May 1, 2014
The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation received this collection of quotations as a generous gift from David Pietrusza, a Coolidge Foundation member since 1990. Click the links below to go to […]
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