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Teddy Roosevelt: “In rendering thanks unto the Most High for the manifold blessings of the past year, consecrate themselves to a life of…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1905
In rendering thanks unto the Most High for the manifold blessings of the past year, consecrate themselves to a life of cleanliness, honor and wisdom, so that this nation may do its allotted work on the earth in a manner worthy of those who founded it and of those who preserved it.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 605—Thanksgiving Day, 1905

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