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    "ocrText": "President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978\nScanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time\nTo Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nWhile writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President\nGerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes\nthese documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford\nrecorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing\ntablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to\ndo so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical\nerrors or incomplete thoughts appear.\nFor each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's\nhandwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the\nreflection.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCredo - dois & don'ts for a young mm\ngoing into politics\nDon't if you arent willing to work 10 has per wuh.\nyou have family on mantal problems.\n\" expect to made a great did mmay.\n11 do not like people and working an\ntheir problems\n\" are think shanned and can't The\npublic criticism\n4\nif you are only interested in the glamour\nof the title on the responsibility\nDo of you are interested in government and honestly\nsincerely\nthink you am help make it work better\nlike all people and are interested in\n& are willing to work to solve their problems\nand willing & engh to work long coregular hours\nin time and with people it things gowrong\nDo of you are patient understanding and deducated\nto certain basic\ncommitted to the highest standards of\nmorality + ethics\nCredo - Do's and Don'ts for a Young Man Going into Politics\nDon't if you aren't willing to work 70(?) hours per week.\nyou have family or marital problems.\nyou expect to [unrecognized word] a great deal of money\nyou do not like people and working on their problems\nyou are thinned skinned and can't take public criticism.\nyou are only interested in the glamour of the title or the responsibility.\nDo if you are sincerely interested in government and honestly think you can help make it work\nbetter\nlike all people and are interested in & are willing to work to solve their problems\nare willing & eager to work long irregular hours\nDo if you are patient in time and with people, understanding if things go wrong, and dedicated to\ncertain basic\ncommitted to the highest standards of morality and ethics"
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