It should also cause each viewer firmly to resolve that his generation shall bear its burdens. sacrifices. and hardships as nobly as they were borne by our Founding Fathers. and that his generation shall preserve and pass on intact the priceless heritage bequeathed to it. In his acceptance address. Senator Gillette told a story about one of his constituents. a Russian immigrant. who asked to be taken to the Library of Congress to view the original Declaration of Independence. Senator Gillette noticed that the man began crying as he read the document. Senator Gillette asked what the man was thinking. and this Russian immigrant responded. "I am thinking of this: That there is a document that is of such superlative meaning to free people everywhere in the world. not only in America. but free people everywhere. and here is only one man guarding it." He was referring to the uniformed guard in the Library of Congress. Senator Gillette explained to the immigrant that. "[Tlhere is not only one man guarding that document. but * * * there are 155 million guardians of that document in the United States. and there are countless millions who would stand with us in guarding the principles represented by that document." Madam President. since that day in 1952. the bronze replica of the Declaration of Independence was prominently displayed in the Capitol rotunda along with the busts and statues of Presidents of the United States. It was placed there as an important symbol. In the words of Francis Doyle. "Let us look back to our Declaration of Independence. let our youth read the words upon which our freedom was established and upon which our Government is founded." Madam President. earlier this year I suggested to a couple of interns in our office that they should go over to the rotunda and see the beautiful bronze replica of the Declaration of Independence.
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