Teddy Roosevelt: “Teach boys and girls alike that they are not to look forward to lives…”

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Teach boys and girls alike that they are not to look forward to lives spent in avoiding difficulties but to lives spent in overcoming difficulties.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt encourages children to embrace challenges rather than avoid them.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Teach boys and girls alike that they are not to look forward to lives spent in avoiding difficulties but to lives spent…”