Compared with the vital necessity of reclaiming these poor hunted creatures to paths of womanliness and wholesome living, it is of infinitesimal importance along the lines of which creed these paths lead.
Roosevelt asserts in "The Strenuous Life" that the specific religious creed guiding humanitarian efforts is secondary to the essential work of improving lives.
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