We have moved far away from the old simple days when each community transacted almost all its work for itself and relied upon outsiders for but a fraction of the necessaries, and for not a very large portion even of the luxuries, of life.
Roosevelt reflects on the significant changes in how communities operate compared to simpler times.
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