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The President had looked at America and found it good. When he made his report to the nation in a fireside chat this week, he was full of good spirits, of confidence in the future, of the pervading enthusiasm of a traveler who has seen a wondrous land.
Said Franklin Roosevelt: “The main thing that I observed on my trip … is the plain fact that the American people are united as never before in their determination to do a good job and do it well.
“Whatever our individual circumstances or opportunities, we are all in it, and our spirit is good, and we Americans and our Allies are going to win—and do not let anyone tell you anything different.
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