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Teddy Roosevelt: Yet, in addition thereto, they likewise possessed the power and the efficiency; for otherwise their high purpose would…

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Yet, in addition thereto, they likewise possessed the power and the efficiency; for otherwise their high purpose would have been barren of result.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt notes that power and efficiency must accompany high purpose to achieve meaningful results.

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