In the particular objects they severally profess to champion they are as far asunder as the poles, for one of their characteristics is that each little group has its own patent recipe for salvation and pays no attention whatever to the other little groups; but in mental and moral habit they are fundamentally alike.
Roosevelt observes that various extremist groups, despite their differing goals, share a common mental and moral disposition.
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