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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the marches, you remember, as recruits you found about midday the blanket was heavy, you were tempted to throw it…”

On the recordMay 29, 1903
In the marches, you remember, as recruits you found about midday the blanket was heavy, you were tempted to throw it away, and by midnight you wished you had two of them.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks in Cheyenne, Wyoming

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