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Teddy Roosevelt: “If such people would but take the trouble to follow out the actual life of a hard-worked clergyman or priest, I think…”

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If such people would but take the trouble to follow out the actual life of a hard-worked clergyman or priest, I think they would become a little ashamed of the tone of flippancy they are so prone to adopt when speaking about them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt criticizes the flippant attitudes some people have towards clergymen's hard work.

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