On the recordAugust 25, 1902
If we have not got in us the lift toward righteousness, the lift toward something better than material needs, prosperity will be a curse instead of a blessing.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf we have not got in us the lift toward righteousness, the lift toward something better than material needs, prosperity will be a curse instead of a blessing.
Remarks in Dover, New Hampshire
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