But the soul of the soldier has remained the same throughout, and the qualities which drove forward to victory or to death the men of ’76 and the men of ’61 are the very qualities which the men of to-day must keep unchanged if in the hour of need the honor of the Nation is to be kept untarnished.
Roosevelt reflects on the enduring qualities of soldiers throughout American history, regardless of the era they served in.
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