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Teddy Roosevelt: “We live in easier and more plentiful times than our forefathers, the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged days…”

On the recordNovember 1, 1905
We live in easier and more plentiful times than our forefathers, the men who with rugged strength faced the rugged days; and yet the dangers to national life are quite as great now as at any previous time in our history.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Proclamation 605—Thanksgiving Day, 1905

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