The great business men, even the great professional men, and especially the great statesmen and sailors and soldiers, are very apt to spring from among the farmers or wage-workers, and their kinsfolk remain near the old home or at the old trade.
In an address on American social structure, Roosevelt highlights how prominent figures often originate from working-class backgrounds.
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