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Nowhere else on the continent has so sharply defined and distinctively American a type been produced as on the frontier, and a single generation has always been more than enough for its production.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Nowhere else on the continent has so sharply defined and distinctively American a type been produced as on the frontier…”
Editor's note · Context
Roosevelt emphasizes the unique American identity that emerges from the frontier experience in this statement.
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