Therefore, not only for his sake do we owe it to him to see that he has every chance to lead a wholesome and manly life, but we owe it to ourselves, we owe it to the Nation of which we are all part, to see that that man’s capacities for good are given the fullest chance for development.
Roosevelt insists on the importance of providing opportunities for men to develop their capacities for good.
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I deeply appreciate your letter, and I realize to the full the heavy responsibility it puts upon me.
I absolutely agree with you that this matter is not one to be decided with any reference to the personal preferences or interests of any man, but purely from the standpoint of the interests of the people as a whole.
I care for the great deeds of the past chiefly as spurs to drive us onward in the present.
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