If you will study our past history as a nation you will see we have made many blunders and have been guilty of many shortcomings, and yet that we have always in the end come out victorious because we have refused to be daunted by blunders and defeats, have recognized them, but have persevered in spite of them.
Roosevelt reflects on American history, highlighting the nation's ability to overcome past errors through recognition and persistence.
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