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Teddy Roosevelt: “The man who is content to go through life owing his alma mater for an education for which he has made no adequate return…”

On the recordJune 15, 1903
The man who is content to go through life owing his alma mater for an education for which he has made no adequate return is not true to the ideals of American citizenship.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville

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