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On the recordJune 27, 1905
A man coming here from the outside can, perhaps, see more clearly than those who are all the time enjoying the surroundings and can realize how great a privilege it is which the generosity of Col. Higginson has allowed to us of Harvard to enjoy.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Remarks at Harvard Union in Boston, Massachusetts

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