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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by James Monroe
“Conscious of my own deficiency, I cannot enter on these duties without great anxiety for the result”
First Inaugural Address, First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938)
Monroe admits his anxiety at the trust before him, a conventional but sincere note of republican modesty.
Citation: "Conscious of my own deficiency, I cannot enter on these duties without great anxiety for the result" — James Monroe, First Inaugural Address, First paragraph (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id monroe-first-inaugural-address-q2)
