In the immediate past the lack of just such facilities as these has driven many of the more active and restless young men and women from the farms to the cities; for they rebelled at loneliness and lack of mental companionship.
Roosevelt notes that the lack of facilities has driven young people from farms to cities, highlighting the need for better rural amenities.
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The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
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