The cheek of every American must tingle with shame as he reads the silly, flat and dishwatery utterances of the man who has to be pointed out to intelligent foreigners as the President of the United States.

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Wikipedia contributors. (2024, July 24). Gettysburg Address. In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved July 27, 2024, from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gettysburg_Address&oldid=1236462443

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Taft was sworn in as president on March 4, 1909. Due to a winter storm that coated Washington with ice, Taft was inaugurated within the Senate Chamber rather than outside the Capitol as is customary.

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the media was putrid back then too