Teddy Roosevelt: “We must keep our minds upon the essentials and not upon the…”

On the recordJune 20, 1905

We must keep our minds upon the essentials and not upon the non-essentials.

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Republican · New York

Source

Remarks on Receiving the Degree of LL.D. From Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We must keep our minds upon the essentials and not upon the non-essentials.”