[78-L] Coolidge^

[Julian Vein]

buster wrote:
> Coolidge was a New Englander, which goes a long way towards explaining his taciturn approach to the world.
> 
> My Great-Uncle Ransom Carver, born in 1902 here in Boston, was taken by Great-Grandfather to visit the President - how this came about is lost, but certainly the White House was far more accessible in those days, and Great-Grandfather was a prominent attorney from an old New England family.  Having just graduated Harvard, Uncle Ran asked President Coolidge if he had any advice for a young man just starting out in the world.
> 
> Coolidge reflected for a moment, then replied "Never pass up an opportunity to use the restroom."
> 
> Good advice, presidential or not, and our family has followed it ever since.
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This sounds like a variation on some advice given by a friend: "Do like 
royalty, go whenever you can!"

      Julian Vein


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