On the recordNovember 18, 1902
If any of us raise ourselves a little, then by just so much the nation, as a whole, is raised.
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presidency.ucsb.eduIf any of us raise ourselves a little, then by just so much the nation, as a whole, is raised.
Remarks to the Colored Citizens of Memphis, Tennessee
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