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Teddy Roosevelt: “Let each man strive to excel his fellows only by rendering substantial service to the community in which he lives.”

On the recordOctober 23, 1905
Let each man strive to excel his fellows only by rendering substantial service to the community in which he lives.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Tuskegee Normal Industrial Institute in Tuskegee, Alabama

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