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Teddy Roosevelt: “Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us differ from the tasks set before our fathers…”

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Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the tasks set before us differ from the tasks set before our fathers who founded and preserved this Republic, the spirit in which these tasks must be undertaken and these problems faced, if our duty is to be well done, remains essentially unchanged.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that while the challenges may change, the spirit of duty remains constant across generations.

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