We of to-day, we who, if a war should come, will have to fight under new conditions, with new arms, will win (as assuredly I believe we shall win) only because our men still have in them the spirit that made their forefathers do well in battle.
Roosevelt expresses confidence that modern soldiers will succeed due to the enduring spirit inherited from their ancestors.
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