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On the recordJune 27, 1905
The only personal request that I made as to the programme of these two days was that I should be given the chance of saying a word to my fellow members of the Harvard Union.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at Harvard Union in Boston, Massachusetts

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