"The lesson of History is rarely learned by the actors themselves."
— James A. Garfield

January 1, 1970

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Presidents of the United StatesMurdered peopleRepublican Party (United States) politiciansPoliticians from ClevelandUnited States presidential candidates, 1880
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Letter to Professor Demmon (16 December 1871), in The Life and Public Services of James A. Garfield (1881) by E. E. Brown, p. 424