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WHAT ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID AT HARVARD by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS

First Line: SAID MR. ROOSEVELT: 'THOSE ARE STICKS
Last Line: BUT DOWNRIGHT ROOSEVELT COMMON SENSE!
Subject(s): POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919);

Said Mr. Roosevelt: "Those are sticks
That keep away from politics.
Let upright fellows jump right in,
And try their best to fight and win.
You'll do the nation good; and you
Will get good from the nation, too.
If you can't work with other men,
Perhaps you are too good; and then
Perhaps you aren't, but finicky, --
A foolish eccentricity."
Which isn't vague magniloquence,
But downright Roosevelt common sense!



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