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Some of them were the dreams of boyhood, from which he never departed, and which I have seen him carry out shyly and yet thoroughly and with intense personal satisfaction.
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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gutenberg.orgHenry Cabot Lodge: “Some of them were the dreams of boyhood, from which he never departed, and which I have seen him carry out shyly and yet…”
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Lodge reflects on Roosevelt's lifelong dreams and the satisfaction he derived from fulfilling them.
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