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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 Gerald R. Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain.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.\nBrillince file English language\nIt is casy to say that English is beautiful\nbecause one speahs of reals it by hentage especially\nif no other language is humm. that is me answer.\nEnglish is butlimt because it gives 215 million\namericans and millions more throughout the would to\ncommunicate on a day to day lasts. English is also\nbelieved because it permits oratons like Daniel\nWilster on Everett Darhren quat to dramating great issues\nEnglish also glves The authors of history The tools to\nwrite in their own \"my about people, problems, science,\nhuman or what have you.\nEnglish is flipble - meable by all persons\nfor all personse and is a frendamental hey to\nbuilding better relationship between people, nations + a\nfrom life\nBrilliance of the English Language\nIt is easy to say that English is beautiful because one speaks & reads it by heritage especially if\nno other language is known. That is no answer.\nEnglish is brilliant because it gives 215 million Americans and millions more throughout the\nworld to communicate on a day to day basis. English is also brilliant because it permits orators\nlike Daniel Webster or Everett Dirksen to dramatize great issues. English also gives the great\nauthors of history the tools to write in their own way about people, problems, science, humor or\nwhat have you.\nEnglish is flexible - useable by all persons for all purposes - and is a fundamental key to\nbuilding better relationships between people, nations & a finer life."
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