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are taniTible in pr: ctice yet are not m&t~rial. Ye thank +/A
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Sod -7' th our 3earts for t?e freedorrr of reIS.gisn 7`:ic? alloy-s

one to rise to as bigk 8 spJrit?Jal plr.r.z 2s he -?ish_zT. 'Ye

cannot r?c.ch ,out tind grasp Twit!- Tur hmds our qualit& of

justice I rd our lack of fear. 3e easil:r feel an3 utilize

our fre3Jorn of express' lr,  but cannot to:.:ch it :vith our ban-'s.
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3Ub - you can r:.ch into your pockets a~14 gr:sp your loose

cF;.rxe. It is t,'Te one truly tan~i'nle symibol of tt?e economic

su-rnr_acy of t:ye Aqrie'an 7ay of life-- the grezt assutance of

free&m frorr -ant,

   True, inall ather lands, nen catiry -4th t'.-e yen, the

s%ilTing;-pfad the pedo and other mediurps of exchmge* Yet

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in-no other portior of t`-e globe can such a le,rge majority of
the neonle avail t'-emselves of luxuries over and above th6

necessities of lif- as we can in Am rica. It is not rrtti3nal

bigotPy to sa$, economically Te are the greatest nation,on

earth. A&mica is not geographically tremendous, She has only

seven per cent of t'-e worldls land area, Yet from her rocky

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Atlanti&eoa:t to ?Tew moot?? Pacific harbors lie enomotis

resources *I md rickes, much of then still undiscovered and

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undevelog@$, &merica's no-gulatiorr in comparison with her
arealiz' smail, And,  thereiF lies a factor in OUT- economic
suyerio@itJT. All OPT vast. .vealthF.al?d production cives our

citizens the Aichest per c.pita T-realth of the people of all

nations,


pFesenfs a conctidion -+ic'n 7-e mst try to correct before *

            '-e ideal of .d.emoc,rt..tic living.
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II upon such princip1es.a

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tke Atlantic Cb:, ~tc", as dra7?n up by Xr.           and



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Y.r. Roosevelt ,duri.rs t'?eir meeting in t?e Atla-tic last

Au@:-? t. The United '&t$Ctes--a& Gr,:; t 3ritain, s:>eaking for
all the TJnited Fatjons tFrougF t'-ese tivo men, have set forth

these woT*dsVt tFey deshre to bring about the fullest col-
laboration between all nations in the economic field -?ith

the object of securing for all, improved security". In

anotZ?er point, t';ny al'so hope to see a peace est;.blished

  9x-e men' of a IiC2 that is freed from Tyant.
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  Among, tFe conditions for tomorro+s ges.ce, thsa,
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~%A&A+-found many of- t?e freedoms ve today ddfend, Be-

fore e, the
x    ?emocratic nsti.ons +o fi.gY? the Axi-s, can

   insure the establiqhmen?, of a free world in the peace aft=

     this 7~; r,  it is 3ur Tuty to gain vietory in %bis war.
   By suck a victor;:, tn:-! 73;~ it aloqe, can -ve ;?rove tp!e sug-

    rema.cy of a f-ee peo?:le.         sue? pt?rzses as "t'!e

    ineffiency of `?emocr:.cy" . Cur victory must 3e one of a

   peo?le ti:J g:bin ?l?eir strergt'l by tT-eir freedom from
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    f@zkr and oppression, an? freedom from econorzic dispair.



-      Yhen pezce again settles do"r! upon the world, 78

   .me*'$cetns, spk:o are freest from .nant and ~bo feel least

    the stigms of cless barriers, must lea,d in layin a

    foundation upon -7FicF the next wo-ld shall rise. And,


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