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Two peoples, in two stages of culture which were separated by untold ages, stood face to face; one or the other had to perish; and the whites went forward from sheer necessity.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the inevitable conflict between two vastly different cultures during westward expansion.

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