As the greatest fertility of invention, the greatest perfection of armament, will not make soldiers out of cowards, so no mental training and no bodily vigor will make a nation great if it lacks the fundamental principles of honesty and moral cleanliness.
Roosevelt argues that just as technology cannot create courage, intellectual and physical strength alone cannot ensure national greatness without underlying honesty and moral integrity.
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