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No greater good can come to our people than to encourage in them a capacity for enjoyment which shall discriminate sharply between what is vicious and what is pleasant.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “No greater good can come to our people than to encourage in them a capacity for enjoyment which shall discriminate…”
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Roosevelt stresses the importance of discerning between enjoyable and harmful experiences for the betterment of society.
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