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Teddy Roosevelt: “Restless, adventurous, hardy, they looked eagerly across the Mississippi to the fertile solitudes where the Spaniard was…”

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Restless, adventurous, hardy, they looked eagerly across the Mississippi to the fertile solitudes where the Spaniard was the nominal, and the Indian the real, master; and with a more immediate longing they fiercely coveted the creole province at the mouth of the river.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

This quote illustrates the adventurous spirit of early American settlers who sought new opportunities across the Mississippi.

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