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Part I
The Man Who Knew Coolidge[1]
—And I certainly do enjoy listening to you gentlemen and getting your views. That's one of the nice things about being on a Pullman like this: you can guarantee that you'll meet a lot of regular he-Americans with sound opinions and ideas.
And now let me tell you: the way I look at these things—
I don't mean to suggest for one second that I've got any better bean than the plain ordinary average citizen, but I've given a whole lot of attention to politics and such matters and— In fact, strikes me that it's the duty of all the better-educated citizens to take an interest in the affairs of the State, for
- ↑ Mr. Calvin Coolidge was the President of the United States of North America from 1923 to 1929. He fulfilled many of the soundest American ideals, and he stands, along with the Ford motor car, the Rev. Dr. William Sunday, and the Saturday Evening Post, as the symbol of his era.
Copyright, 1927, by The American Mercury, Inc.
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