Teddy Roosevelt: “So that if you go into life to do anything, it is perfectly useless…”

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So that if you go into life to do anything, it is perfectly useless for me to tell you to get rid of snobbery, because you will have to.

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Republican · New York

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He asserts that in order to succeed in life, one must abandon snobbery and embrace equality.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “So that if you go into life to do anything, it is perfectly useless for me to tell you to get rid of snobbery, because…”