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We cannot re-create what is dead; we cannot stop the march of events; but we can direct this march, and out of the new conditions develop something better than the past knew.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “We cannot re-create what is dead; we cannot stop the march of events; but we can direct this march, and out of the new…”
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Roosevelt asserts that while the past cannot be recreated, new conditions can lead to better outcomes.
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