Theodore Roosevelt: Never Throughout History

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Theodore Roosevelt is credited with saying “Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering”. History plays a big role for our everyday life, in that we don’t know what the future may bring, but we certainly know what happened in the past. We’re able to look back, and reflect on the hardships of people in their life, and understand the struggles that they went through.
To me, the chance to be able to look back in time and see that people my age would have been working in hard labor, or be sent off to fight in a war, or be a servant of some kind, is eye opening. You get to see a point of view that you otherwise would never have.
Looking back in other people’s lives also helps you look back into your