Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a good thing for any nation to have as beautiful an institution…”

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It is a good thing for any nation to have as beautiful an institution of learning as is this University.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts the importance of beautiful educational institutions for the cultural enrichment of a nation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is a good thing for any nation to have as beautiful an institution of learning as is this University.”