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The rough, strong poet of democracy has sung of Grant as “the man of mighty days, and equal to the days.” The days are less mighty now, and that is all the more reason why we should show ourselves equal to them.
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Roosevelt praises Grant's legacy and calls for contemporary Americans to rise to the challenges of their own time.
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