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		<title>Roosevelt, Theodore -- Speech (1899-04-10), &#8220;The Strenuous Life,&#8221; Hamilton Club, Chicago</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.]]></description>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Far better it is to dare mighty things, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those who neither enjoy much or suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.</p>
<br><b>Theodore Roosevelt</b> (1858–1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901–1909)<br>Speech (1899-04-10), &#8220;The Strenuous Life,&#8221; Hamilton Club, Chicago 
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