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If you mothers through weakness bring up your sons to be selfish and to think only of themselves, you will be responsible for much sadness among the women who are to be their wives in the future.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “If you mothers through weakness bring up your sons to be selfish and to think only of themselves, you will be…”
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Roosevelt warns that raising selfish sons can lead to future sadness for their wives.
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