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Teddy Roosevelt: “What remains for us to do, as practical men, is to look the conditions squarely in the face and not to permit the…”

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What remains for us to do, as practical men, is to look the conditions squarely in the face and not to permit the emotional side of the question, which has its proper place, to blind us to the fact that there are other sides.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt urges practical men to confront conditions honestly while balancing emotional responses.

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