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Teddy Roosevelt: And you, men and women, who have had the advantages of a college training are not to be excused if you fail to do not as…

On the recordMay 11, 1903
And you, men and women, who have had the advantages of a college training are not to be excused if you fail to do not as well as, but if you fail to do more than the average man outside who has not had your advantages.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Leland Stanford Jr. University in Palo Alto, California

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