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WHAT ROOSEVELT ONCE SAID AT HARVARD, by                     Poet's Biography
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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