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And scholarship commemorates, quote, the ideals and concerns of Woodrow Wilson. As both a distinguished scholar and national leader, president wilson felt strongly that the scholar and the policy maker were, quote, engaged in a common enterprise. Today, the center takes seriously his views on the need to bridge the gap between the world of ideas and the world of policy. Bringing them into creative contact, enriching the work of both and enabling each to learn from the other. This series, wilson then and now, is our effort to make wilson and his period more central to that creative contact betw...

To the keynote address of the tenth annual reading festival. When he dead rated the library in 1941 he declared the purpose to be bring together people to learned from the past so they can gain in judgment in creating the future. We think there is no better way of fulfilling his purpose than the roosevelt reading festival. Its showcasing how complete his vision for the library as a research constitution is being filled by a vary of it authors that produce books of all kinds. The work of the authors who have gathered here today theres much that can be learned and great inspiration drawn from th...

11 annual roosevelt reading festival. When fdr created the library and gave home to the American People his home was people would visit and learn from the past so they would be able to create a Better Future for themselves. That mission of discovery and learning is something we take serious here. By welcoming visitors from all over we try hard to make that vision. It is our way to show how roosevelts vision for the library as a Research Institution is being fulfilled boy a variety of authors who write books of all kinds. The work is evidence that there can be much learned and great inspiration...

Um, i think all the different stages matter. From my knowledge of children, you make one impact before they are six or ten or whatever and then when they are adolescent they seem to forget everything. And later on, you are surprised as they seem to remember some. But i think they did the best they could as parents. I think they were strong parents. Some of them turned out and some didnt. So much had to do with luck and the era. [ applause ] thank you so much for coming. Wednesday night, booktv features books about exploring america. First is astoria and then all america and then citizen explor...

Trusting that everyone will realize, particularly because of the letters she wrote home to her sisters, that they were enbroiled in this and they were. When abigail wrote a letter it was known it was actually written for the whole neighborhood. And mary would get the pleasure of having everyone important in the neighborhood come over and she would read allowed abigails letter. And then there were chapters when mary is trying find a minister for the first church of quincy and she is the most important person. And even john adams think she is the most important person in quincy. And one day, abi...