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Teddy Roosevelt: Hence, with an increase of wages a corresponding movement for better manhood, nobler citizenship, and truer Christianity…

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Hence, with an increase of wages a corresponding movement for better manhood, nobler citizenship, and truer Christianity should be set on foot.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt argues that an increase in wages should be accompanied by efforts to promote better citizenship and character.

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