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Teddy Roosevelt: “I feel that as an American citizen it is proper for me to express to you and to those like you, the obligations that…”

On the recordJune 3, 1903
I feel that as an American citizen it is proper for me to express to you and to those like you, the obligations that good Americans feel for what you and they have done in this university and in other educational institutions throughout the land.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Dedication of the James Milliken University in Decatur, Illinois

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