Teddy Roosevelt: “Sometimes people grow so familiar with their surroundings that they…”

On the recordMay 8, 1903

Sometimes people grow so familiar with their surroundings that they fail entirely to appreciate them.

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Republican · New York

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Address at Santa Barbara, California

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Sometimes people grow so familiar with their surroundings that they fail entirely to appreciate them.”