Fourth Annual Message
12/05/1904
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A man to be a good American must be straight, and he must also be strong.
If a man is not decent, is not square and honest, then the possession of ability only serves to render him more dangerous to the community; ...
You have shown that you appreciated the fact that to be a good citizen a man has got to handle himself not with a view to shirking difficult...
Each man of you who looks back on his life will feel proud to hand to his children, not the memory of the days of ease, but the days that we...