Even in ordinary times there are very few of us who do not see the problems of life as through a glass, darkly; and when the glass is clouded by the murk of furious popular passion, the vision of the best and the bravest is dimmed.
In this passage, Roosevelt discusses the challenges of perceiving life clearly amidst the chaos of popular passions.
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