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Teddy Roosevelt: “Yet we must never forget the determining factor in every kind of work, of head or hand, must be the man's own good…”

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Yet we must never forget the determining factor in every kind of work, of head or hand, must be the man's own good sense, courage, and kindliness.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt highlights the importance of personal qualities like good sense and kindness in work.

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