“We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor, who is prompt to help a friend, but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.” –Theodore Roosevelt
- Do you admire victorious effort over timid peace? I wonder if times may be changing with respect to this particular aspect of life.
- What do you consider virile qualities necessary to win in the “stern strife of actual life?”
- Do you admire men who never wrong their neighbor and are prompt to help a friend? Why or why not?
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