On the recordAugust 28, 1902
You can give a child every advantage, give him books and the teachers, but he has got to learn, he has got to do that himself.
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presidency.ucsb.eduYou can give a child every advantage, give him books and the teachers, but he has got to learn, he has got to do that himself.
Remarks in Newport, New Hampshire
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