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They learned, as all the generation of the Civil War learned, that rare indeed is the chance to do anything worth doing by one sudden and violent effort.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “They learned, as all the generation of the Civil War learned, that rare indeed is the chance to do anything worth doing…”
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Roosevelt reflects on the lessons learned from the Civil War generation about the value of sustained effort over sudden actions.
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