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Teddy Roosevelt: “The living can best show their respect for the memory of the great dead by the way in which they take to heart and act…”

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The living can best show their respect for the memory of the great dead by the way in which they take to heart and act upon the lessons taught by the lives which made these dead men great.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that honoring the dead is best done by living out the lessons they taught.

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