On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
But our debt is yet greater to the men whose highest type is to be found in a statesman like Lincoln, a soldier like Grant.
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Roosevelt argues that the nation owes an even greater debt to figures like Lincoln and Grant, who embody higher ideals than mere material success.
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