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TENDER SYMPATHY FOR BOYWITH BROKENWRISTS
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HARDING,WARREN G.Typed Letter Signed, as President, to George DeWolfe,
expressing distress at the news that he had broken his wrists, advising him to be patient, and
hoping that the bones heal quickly. 1 page, 4to,White House stationery, with integral blank;
remnants of prior mounting at upper edge verso, horizontal fold.With the original enve-
lope. (TFC)
Washington, 19 August 1922
[500/750]
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I was very greatly distressed to read in the newspaper that you had fallen from a tree and bro-
ken both of your wrists.This is a very bad piece of luck to anybody at any time, but I can well
believe it is especially painful and disappointing to you when you are experiencing the joys of
vacation time. . . . I know how a small boy feels to lose his grand-mother, and then to be so
incapacitated that you can not play is pretty near the height of misfortune. I hope you will be
patient about it so that your young bones will soon be knitted again and that you will be as
good as ever. . . .”
DeWolfe was probably a grandson of Florence Harding’s first husband.
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HARDING,WARREN G. Typed Quotation Signed, excerpt from his Inaugural
Address, written on a sheet below a small printed portrait.
1
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2
page, 8vo; folds. (TFC)
Np, nd
[400/600]
“
Service is the supreme commitment of life. I would rejoice to acclaim the era of the Golden
Rule, and crown it with the autocracy of service. I pledge an administration wherein all the
agencies of government are called to serve and ever promote an understanding of government
purely as an expression of the popular will.”
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