Come on, even TR would not have argued petty semantics like that, it’s the ageless spirit of the “doer of deeds” he’s talking about. Word meanings are a red herring. It’s pretty telling that old butt sitting critics got showed up by a 16 yr old with the spirit TR is talking about.
Sad to say, we parents have played a big part in neutering our own children.
“Sad to say, we parents have played a big part in neutering our own children.’
I hardly think that refusing to allow a teen to solo sail around the world is equivalent to neutering.