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Herbert Hoover Quotes: The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.
         

The structure of human betterment cannot be built upon foundations of materialism or business, but upon the bedrock of individual character in free men and women.


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