And in this Nation of ours, while there is very much in which we have succeeded marvelously, I do not think that if we look dispassionately at what we have done we will say that beauty has been exactly the strong point of the Nation.
Roosevelt critiques the nation's lack of emphasis on beauty despite its many successes.
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