A class of professional non-combatants is as hurtful to the real, healthy growth of a nation as is a class of fire-eaters; for a weakness or folly is nationally as bad as a vice, or worse; and, in the long run, a Quaker may be quite as undesirable a citizen as is a duelist.
Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of active citizenship and the dangers of complacency in a nation.
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The boundaries of said National Forest are now as shown on the said diagram.
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