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The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... it should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.
-Theodore Roosevelt
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The One Characteristic More Essential Than Any

Theodore Roosevelt
The one characteristic more essential than any other is foresight... it should be the growing nation with a future which takes the long look ahead.
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