Messages and Papers of 
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A History of the 
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Written by Our Picsidents 
Edited by the 
Hon. JAMES D. RICHARDSON, 
Under the Direction of Congress. 
To the American Citizen—The Father 
of the Future and Greater American: 
this Holiday season, — the ices 
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eh €at questions which confront 1s today are simple in comparison with bg pate, 
come up for solution, and the precedents of our past history are the guide posts ee American 
The greater American one must know more about American Statesm we vt ‘American 
Genius, American Progress, American Institutions, and the inner workings 0 
Government, past, present And future tion 
The Messages and Papers of the Presidents are the original sources for this paises a 
in these utterances are lsat gg the wisdom and experience of our forefathers 
** History ay be repeats itself.’ appropri- 
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