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Teddy Roosevelt: “To take these exceptions as examples would be as unsafe as it would be to advocate blindness because some blind men have…”

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To take these exceptions as examples would be as unsafe as it would be to advocate blindness because some blind men have won undying honor by triumphing over their physical infirmity and accomplishing great results in the world.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns against using rare exceptions to justify a lack of effort in education, advocating for diligence instead.

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