On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
We have difficulties and dangers enough in the present, and it is the way we face them which it to determine whether or not we are fit descendants of the men of the mighty past.
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Reflecting on the challenges of the present, this quote emphasizes that how a generation confronts its difficulties determines its worthiness as heirs to past greatness.
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