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The effort to deprive them of an ample reward, merely means that they will turn their energies in some other direction; and the public will be by just so much the loser.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The effort to deprive them of an ample reward, merely means that they will turn their energies in some other direction…”
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Roosevelt warns that failing to reward successful individuals will lead to a loss for the public.
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