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THE PRESIDENT'S READING COPY LBJ LIBRARY DEDICATION REMARKS Saturday, May 22, 1971 The entire Nation is indebted to you, President Johnson, to the University of Texas, and to all who have had a hand in assembling and establishing this extraordinary treasury of insights into a critical period in our Nation's history. 1. On behalf of the people of the United States, I am privileged to accept it. (1) The American people have reason to be doubly grateful to you today, first for your long to th mation the notume lifetime of service, and now for this collection that can take the scholars of future generations behind the scenes of that service. One of the first rules of statecraft is that we can successfully chart the future only if we can understand the past. 1. And libraries such as this can be among our best keys to that understanding.