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Teddy Roosevelt: The men who made this field forever memorable did so because they combined the power of fealty to a lofty ideal with the…

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The men who made this field forever memorable did so because they combined the power of fealty to a lofty ideal with the power of showing that fealty in hard, practical, common-sense fashion.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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This quote honors those who combined idealism with practical action to achieve memorable outcomes.

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