Im amity shlaes the Coolidge Foundation and i shall start with a quotation from Calvin Coolidge. We need more of the office desk and less the show window in polished. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for limelight. More, less window. No limelight. Midnight oil. So thats what coolidge said over hundred years ago when trying to explain the profession of government. The lines sound a little meager, a little modest, but is also something consoling, even elating the midnight oil. Hard is not only a refuge. It is feast for minds. Yours. Thats why tomorrow is the centennial of the coolidge presidency. We have prepared a kind of a verite feast of policy for our audience. Were going to learn about government from. President coolidge at the conference. Youll hear all about coolidges life from his boyhood in vermont to his final decision not to run again. Made at mt. Rushmore in 1927. Well also course discuss the coolidge project, the coolidge legacy, his relevance for politics today
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