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The activities of our age in lines of research have reached the tillers of the soil and inspired them with ambition to know more of the principles that govern the forces of nature with which they have to deal.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt remarks on the impact of research on farmers, inspiring them to learn more about natural forces affecting their work.

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