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To each generation comes its allotted task; and no generation is to be excused for failure to perform that task.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “To each generation comes its allotted task; and no generation is to be excused for failure to perform that task.”
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Roosevelt asserts that each generation has its own responsibilities that must be met without excuses for failure.
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