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On the recordJuly 6, 1905
Venomous envy of wealth is simply another form of the spirit which in one of its manifestations takes the shape of cringing servility toward wealth.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks Before the National Educational Association in Ocean Grove, New Jersey

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