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TheHandicapofRiches
AmericanpresidentsarenotsupposedtostartoutinlifethewayTheodoreRooseveltdid.Hiswasnotarags-to-richesstorybeguninalogcabin.Helackedhumbleorigins.Hecouldmakenosteadyclimbfrommodesteconomicbeginningstowardtheapexoffameorfortunebecausehewasbornnearthetopinwealthandsocialstanding.UnlikeAbrahamLincolnandRichardNixon,healsodidnothavethetypeofsainted,self-sacrificingmotherwhocouldinspirehisaspirationsforabetterlife. |
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