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Teddy Roosevelt: “But I think our effort should be to minimize rather than to increase that kind of love of athletics which manifests…”

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But I think our effort should be to minimize rather than to increase that kind of love of athletics which manifests itself, not in joining in the athletic sports, but in crowding by tens of thousands to see other people indulge in them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt advocates for active participation in athletics over passive spectating.

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