On the recordMay 19, 1903
I hardly think that you yourselves can realize what a wonderful State it is, a State as large and as diversified as many an Old World empire.
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presidency.ucsb.eduI hardly think that you yourselves can realize what a wonderful State it is, a State as large and as diversified as many an Old World empire.
Remarks at Sisson, California
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