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Teddy Roosevelt: “If ever there lived a President who during his term of service needed all of the consolation and of the strength that he…”

On the recordNovember 15, 1903
If ever there lived a President who during his term of service needed all of the consolation and of the strength that he could draw from the unseen powers above him, it was Abraham Lincoln.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Centennial Exercises in the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church

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