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That is why you won then—because you had the ideals, because you had the lift of soul in you, and because also you had the right stuff in you to make those ideals count in actual life.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “That is why you won then—because you had the ideals, because you had the lift of soul in you, and because also you had…”
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Roosevelt praises the combination of ideals and practical action as essential for victory in war.
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