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In the West, as elsewhere through the Union, the years succeeding the triumphant close of the Revolution were those which determined whether the victory was or was not worth winning.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the importance of the post-Revolutionary War years in shaping the future of the West.

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