We can not approach Theodore Roosevelt along the beaten paths of eulogy or satisfy ourselves with the empty civilities of commonplace funereal tributes, for he did not make his life journey over main-traveled roads, nor was he ever commonplace.
Lodge argues that conventional eulogies are inadequate for capturing the extraordinary life of Theodore Roosevelt.
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When the future historian traces Theodore Roosevelt's extraordinary career he will find these embodied ideals planted like milestones along the road over which he marched.
His country asked the sacrifice and he gave it with solemn pride and uncomplaining lips.
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Of all the ideals that lift men up, the hardest to fulfill is the ideal of sacrifice.