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Meanwhile there must be a good deal of work and struggle, a good deal of injustice; we shall often see the tower of Siloam fall on the just as well as the unjust.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the inevitability of struggle and injustice in society.

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