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It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.

United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman), Harry S. Truman (1966). “Harry S. Truman: Containing the Public Messages, Speeches, and Statements of the President, 1945-53”
It can be lost, and it will be, if the time ever comes when these documents are regarded not as the supreme expression of our profound belief, but merely as curiosities in glass cases.