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No nation, taken as a whole, can ever see so far into the future; no nation, even if it could see such a future, would ever sacrifice so much to win it.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “No nation, taken as a whole, can ever see so far into the future; no nation, even if it could see such a future, would…”
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Roosevelt asserts that nations struggle to foresee the future and often do not make sacrifices for it.
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