Teddy Roosevelt: “Their lives teach us to strive after in our own lives, not the thing…”

On the recordOctober 14, 1903

Their lives teach us to strive after in our own lives, not the thing which is merely pleasant, but the thing which it is our duty to do.

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Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Unveiling of the Sherman Statue in Washington, DC

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Their lives teach us to strive after in our own lives, not the thing which is merely pleasant, but the thing which it is…”