Teddy Roosevelt: “We of this generation were but carrying to completion the work of our…”

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We of this generation were but carrying to completion the work of our fathers and of our fathers' fathers.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt reflects on the continuity of American expansion as a legacy of previous generations.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “We of this generation were but carrying to completion the work of our fathers and of our fathers' fathers.”