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We can not afford to let the generation that is coming grow up with the feeling that any quality will serve as a substitute for the old, essential qualities of manliness in a man and womanliness in a woman.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We can not afford to let the generation that is coming grow up with the feeling that any quality will serve as a…”
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Roosevelt warns against allowing future generations to substitute essential qualities of manliness and womanliness with lesser traits.
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