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One of the most efficient methods of averting the consequences of a dangerous agitation, which is 80 per cent wrong, is to remedy the 20 per cent of evil as to which the agitation is well rounded.
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Roosevelt proposes that addressing the root causes of agitation can mitigate its negative consequences.
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