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Teddy Roosevelt: “I want to speak to you first of all as regards your duties as boys; and in the next place as regards your duties as men…”

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I want to speak to you first of all as regards your duties as boys; and in the next place as regards your duties as men; and the two things hang together.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt discusses the dual responsibilities of boys and men in society.

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