FDR: “We all know that there have been mistakes--mistakes due to the…”

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We all know that there have been mistakes--mistakes due to the inevitable process of trial and error inherent in doing big things for the first time.

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Roosevelt admits that mistakes are part of the learning process in large-scale operations.

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