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Nicolas Murray Butler was an educator and diplomat who served as president of Columbia University for 43 years. He made great changes to teacher education that led to better public schools. He was honored for his work with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and was committed to upholding international law and to the Kellogg-Briand Pact. In 1931, he shared the Peace Prize with Jane Addams. “Optimism is essential to achievement and it is also the foundation of courage and true progress.”
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