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Teddy Roosevelt: “They were all Americans, in feeling as well as in name, by habit as well as by birth; and the positions they took in the…”

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They were all Americans, in feeling as well as in name, by habit as well as by birth; and the positions they took in the political life of the West was determined partly by the new conditions surrounding them, and partly by the habits bred in them through generations of life on American soil.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the unity and shared identity of early American settlers in Kentucky, highlighting their American identity beyond regional differences.

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