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Teddy Roosevelt: “Much has been accomplished; particularly marked has been the moral effect of the prosecutions; but it is increasingly…”

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Much has been accomplished; particularly marked has been the moral effect of the prosecutions; but it is increasingly evident that there will be a very insufficient beneficial result in the way of economic change.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt reflects on the limited economic impact of anti-trust prosecutions despite their moral significance.

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