Teddy Roosevelt: “But he felt only love, a love as deep as the tenderness of his great…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 1905

But he felt only love, a love as deep as the tenderness of his great and sad heart, for all his country men alike in the North and in the South, and he longed above every thing for the day when they should once more be knit together in the unbreakable bonds of eternal friendship.

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Teddy Roosevelt

Republican · New York

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presidency.ucsb.edu

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Remarks at the Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club in New York City

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Teddy Roosevelt: “But he felt only love, a love as deep as the tenderness of his great and sad heart, for all his country men alike in the…”

Editor's note · Context