Re: Famous Quote

[Charlotte Poole <cpoole@REMC11.K12.MI.US>]

Got it! Thanks for the solution to this question on JFK's famous words.  OWH
uttered words similar to JFK, but not word-for-word.

Charlotte Poole wrote:

> I have a teacher who is looking for the proof that Oliver Wendel Holmes
> was the first person to say the phrase "Ask not what your country can do
> for you, but rather what you can do for your country!"  JFK is not
> credited with that quote, but he insists that Holmes was the first to
> say so.  Where is the proof?  Bartletts doesn't do it, nor have I had
> success online.  TIA
>
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