On the recordApril 29, 1903
This work of expansion was by far the greatest work of our people during the years that intervened between the adoption of the Constitution and the outbreak of the Civil War.
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presidency.ucsb.eduThis work of expansion was by far the greatest work of our people during the years that intervened between the adoption of the Constitution and the outbreak of the Civil War.
Remarks at the Dedication Ceremonies of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri
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