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Darshan Kalola's avatar

Great article! It was well-written and now Coolidge's autobiography is on my reading list!

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Terry Quist's avatar

You have written a great Coolidge tribute. Your essay is trim and powerful, with several lapidary phrases.

I have always been a Coolidge fan, and I own a Coolidge-Dawes campaign button. It was a thrill meeting Coolidge biographer Amity Shlaes at an event in 2023 (you should read her book if you haven't already).

I quote from memory, but H.L. Mencken once compared Coolidge favorably to Wilson: "The world is safer when the White House is a peaceful dormitory than when some tin pot Paul is bawling from the roof." To your point.

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