The public schools are not merely the educational centres for the mass of our people, but they are the factories of American citizenship.
Teddy Roosevelt: “The public schools are not merely the educational centres for the mass of our people, but they are the factories of…”
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Roosevelt describes public schools as essential for fostering American citizenship.
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