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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