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Teddy Roosevelt: “But I wish to insist to you here—to you practical men, who own and work your farms—that it is an equally pernicious…”

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But I wish to insist to you here—to you practical men, who own and work your farms—that it is an equally pernicious absurdity for the practical man to refuse to benefit by the work of the student.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues for the collaboration between practical farmers and academic experts for mutual benefit.

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