In the Panama Canal he left the most enduring, as it was the most visible, monument of his administration Much criticized at the moment for his action in regard to it, which time since then has justified and which history will praise, the great fact remains that the canal is there.
Lodge acknowledges the Panama Canal as a significant and lasting achievement of Roosevelt's presidency.
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