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Others will follow, and surely find their way home. Man's
search will not be denied. But these men were the first, and they
will remain the foremost in our hearts.
For every human being who looks up at the moon in the
nights to come will know that there is some corner of another world
that is forever mankind.
PRIOR TO THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT:
The President should telephone each of the widows-to-be,
AFTER THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT, AT THE POINT WHEN NASA
ENDS COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE MEN:
A clergyman should adopt the same procedure as a burial at
sea, commending their souls to "the deepest of the deep," concluding
with the Lord's Prayer.
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This item is a memorandum from speechwriter William Safire to President Richard Nixon that contains the text of a statement that was prepared for Nixon in the event that the Apollo XI astronauts were unable to return to Earth following the moon landing.
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