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Teddy Roosevelt: But the average undergraduate has enough robustness of nature, enough capacity for enthusiasm and aspiration, to make it…

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But the average undergraduate has enough robustness of nature, enough capacity for enthusiasm and aspiration, to make it worth while to turn to account the stuff that is in him.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses optimism about the potential of the average undergraduate to achieve greatness.

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