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As Lowell finely said, on this continent we have made new States as Old World men pitch tents.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “As Lowell finely said, on this continent we have made new States as Old World men pitch tents.”
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Roosevelt quotes James Russell Lowell to illustrate the ease with which new states were formed in America compared to Old World practices.
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