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In the same way we cannot afford to allow our insular possessions to lag behind in industrial development from any twisted jealousy of business success.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt insists that insular possessions should not fall behind in industrial development due to jealousy of business success.

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