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The West was no longer a mere wilderness dotted with cabins and hamlets, whose backwoods builders were held by but the loosest tie of allegiance to any government, even their own.
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This quote reflects Theodore Roosevelt's view on the transformation of the American West from a wilderness to a part of the United States.
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