On the recordAugust 27, 1902
To you alone it was given to face with victorious valor the one crisis in which not merely the nation's welfare but the nation's life was at stake.
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presidency.ucsb.eduTo you alone it was given to face with victorious valor the one crisis in which not merely the nation's welfare but the nation's life was at stake.
Remarks at The Weirs, New Hampshire
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