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Teddy Roosevelt: “The ne'er-do-well of a family who in one place has his debts paid a couple of times and is then forced to resign from…”

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The ne'er-do-well of a family who in one place has his debts paid a couple of times and is then forced to resign from his clubs and lead a cloudy but innocuous existence on a small pension, in the other abruptly finishes his career by being hung for horse-stealing.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt illustrates the drastic changes in fate for individuals with poor character when faced with the lawlessness of the frontier.

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