On the recordMay 19, 1903
There is no patent recipe for making a good citizen any more than there is any patent recipe for making a successful man.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThere is no patent recipe for making a good citizen any more than there is any patent recipe for making a successful man.
Remarks at Redding, California
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