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Teddy Roosevelt: “We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done, and to persevere through the long days of slow progress or of seeming failure which always come before any final triumph, no matter how brilliant.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt enumerates the essential virtues required to undertake difficult tasks and persevere through challenges to achieve triumph.

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