Teddy Roosevelt: “The two feelings, envy and arrogance, are but opposite sides of the…”

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The two feelings, envy and arrogance, are but opposite sides of the same shield, but different developments of the same spirit.

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He suggests that envy and arrogance are two manifestations of the same underlying spirit.

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