It is curious how our fate as a Nation has often driven us forward toward greatness in spite of the protests of many of those esteeming themselves in point of training and culture best fitted to shape the Nation’s destiny.
Roosevelt reflects on how the nation's destiny has often progressed against the expectations of the educated elite.
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