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You have made this great State of Texas what it is because your forefathers had in them the spirit which recognized in a difficulty something not to be flinched from, but to be overcome.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “You have made this great State of Texas what it is because your forefathers had in them the spirit which recognized in a…”
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Roosevelt praises the spirit of Texas's forefathers in overcoming difficulties to build the state.
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