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It can not be forced and yet be stable and enduring; for it is based fundamentally upon national character, and national character is stamped deep in a people by the lives of many generations.
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gutenberg.orgIt can not be forced and yet be stable and enduring; for it is based fundamentally upon national character, and national character is stamped deep in a people by the lives of many generations.
Roosevelt argues that stability in a nation is rooted in its character, shaped over generations.
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