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On the recordMay 22, 1903
Very few European races have exercised a more profound influence upon Europe, and none has had a more heroic history, than the race occupying the Scandinavian countries of the Old World.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at the Alaskan Reception in Seattle, Washington

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