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Teddy Roosevelt: “If boys and girls are trained merely in literary accomplishments, to the total exclusion of industrial, manual, and…”

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If boys and girls are trained merely in literary accomplishments, to the total exclusion of industrial, manual, and technical training, the tendency is to unfit them for industrial work and to make them reluctant to go into it, or unfitted to do well if they do go into it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the importance of industrial training alongside literary education for youth.

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