TMsS, 1954 May 13.

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TMsS, 1954 May 13.

Buck extolls patriotism in this typed statement, which begins: "The only danger to our country is from within, that we forget our own power to be what we want to be. Let no American to-day take refuge in the willful helplessness which shrugs its shoulders and says, 'What can I do?'"

1 p. ; 23 x 16.5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6917609

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Buck, Pearl S. (Pearl Sydenstricker), 1892-1973

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