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Teddy Roosevelt: “From that day to this the men who fought in the great war have inevitably had in them a spirit to which appeal for any…”

On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
From that day to this the men who fought in the great war have inevitably had in them a spirit to which appeal for any lofty cause could be made with the confident knowledge that there would be immediate and eager response.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that Civil War veterans retained a profound civic spirit, making them reliably responsive to appeals for any noble cause.

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