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On the other hand, if there is in the long run a lack of prosperity among the two classes named, then all other prosperity is sure to be more seeming than real.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that a lack of prosperity among the working and farming classes undermines overall economic health.

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