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To achieve our purpose we cannot trust merely to haphazard, easy-going methods with complete absence of official Government action and a too exclusively material standard.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “To achieve our purpose we cannot trust merely to haphazard, easy-going methods with complete absence of official…”
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Roosevelt warns against relying on outdated methods to address contemporary challenges.
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