Yet during this period we have produced, in the persons of Washington and Lincoln, two leaders who on the roll of the world’s worthies stand higher than any other two men ever produced by any other country during a similar length of time.
Roosevelt praises Washington and Lincoln as unparalleled leaders in world history.
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