Moreover, it is well always to remember that at the day when we began our career as a nation we already differed from our kinsmen of Britain in blood as well as in name; the word American already had more than a merely geographical signification.
In this statement, Roosevelt discusses the distinct identity of Americans compared to their British ancestors, emphasizing a unique national character.
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