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Teddy Roosevelt: “Let us in our turn with equal courage, equal hardihood and manliness, carry on the task that our forefathers have…”

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Let us in our turn with equal courage, equal hardihood and manliness, carry on the task that our forefathers have intrusted to our hands; and let us resolve that we shall leave to our children and our children’s children an even mightier heritage than we received in our turn.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt calls for courage and responsibility in continuing the legacy of past generations.

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