In this country especially, where what we have now to contend with is not so much any one concrete evil as a general lowering of the standards, we must remember that to keep these standards high does not at all imply that they should be put upon impossible positions—positions which must ultimately be abandoned.
He stresses the importance of maintaining high standards without setting unattainable goals.
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It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles.
I speak of the men of the past partly that they may be honored by our praise of them, but more that they may serve as examples for the future.
Therefore I hope that so far as possible the people may be given the chance, through direct primaries, to express their preference as to who shall be the nominee of the Republican Presidential Convention.
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