On the recordAugust 29, 1902
It is not enough, gentlemen, to mean well either in battle or in civil life; you not only had to mean well, you had to do well, and it is the same thing in civil life.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIt is not enough, gentlemen, to mean well either in battle or in civil life; you not only had to mean well, you had to do well, and it is the same thing in civil life.
Remarks in Cornish, Vermont
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