The Revolution had left behind it among many men love of liberty, mingled with lofty national feeling and broad patriotism; but to other men it seemed that the chief lessons taught had been successful resistance to authority, jealousy of the central Government, and intolerance of all restraint.
Roosevelt discusses the mixed legacy of the Revolution, where some learned to resist authority while others embraced patriotism.
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