They have shown the qualities of daring, endurance, and far-sightedness, of eager desire for victory and stubborn refusal to accept defeat, which go to make up the essential manliness of the American character.
Roosevelt identifies the core virtues of daring, endurance, and resilience as fundamental to the American character.
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