What is the origin of the phrase "This is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country?"

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Practice drill from typing instructor Charles E. Weller
JFK
i think it could have came from world war 1 as a drafting frase or a cach to get people to come to war
Sister Mary Discipline in Grade 9 Typing Class (ouch that ruler across the knuckles really, stung). Really I believe it was in JFK's inaugural address
It was not JFK (his line was "Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country."). According to The Straight Dope (http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_... the phrase was proposed as a typing drill by a teacher named Charles E. Weller. (It actually begins with "Now is the time...")

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