The great group of wealthy and powerful States about the Upper Mississippi, the Ohio, the Missouri, and their tributaries, will have far more weight than any other section in deciding the fate of the Republic in the centuries that are opening.
In "The Strenuous Life," Roosevelt foresees the immense future influence of the states in the Upper Mississippi, Ohio, and Missouri river basins on the Republic's fate.
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