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Teddy Roosevelt: “Progress can not permanently exist in the abandonment of physical labor, but in the development of physical labor, so…”

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Progress can not permanently exist in the abandonment of physical labor, but in the development of physical labor, so that it shall represent more and more the work of the trained mind in the trained body.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that progress relies on enhancing physical labor to incorporate more skilled mental work.

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