Edmund Morris Quotes

Ensconced, he Roosevelt lacked some of the neuroses of progressives-economic envy and race hatred especially.His radicalism was a matter of energy rather than urgency.

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• Ensconced, he Roosevelt lacked some of the neuroses of progressives-economic envy and race hatred especially.His radicalism was a matter of energy rather than urgency.

  

  Edmund Morris
  • Energy
  • Urgency
  • Roosevelt