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The State will be saved, if the Lord puts it into the heart of the average man so to shape his life that the State shall be worth saving, and only on those terms.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The State will be saved, if the Lord puts it into the heart of the average man so to shape his life that the State shall…”
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Roosevelt argues that the state's survival depends on the moral character of its citizens.
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