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Teddy Roosevelt: “Surely Harvard has the right to expect from her sons a high standard of applied morality, whether their paths lead them…”

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Surely Harvard has the right to expect from her sons a high standard of applied morality, whether their paths lead them into public life, into business, or into the great profession of the law, whose members are so potent in shaping the growth of the national soul.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He asserts that Harvard alumni should uphold high moral standards in all fields, including law and business.

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