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If a man is a good son he is apt to make a good husband; and the quality that makes a man reverence the country of his birth is apt to be the quality that makes him a good citizen in the country of his adoption.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “If a man is a good son he is apt to make a good husband; and the quality that makes a man reverence the country of his…”
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Roosevelt draws a parallel between familial respect and civic responsibility in a new country.
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