Teddy Roosevelt: “It was the crowning and greatest achievement of a series of mighty…”

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It was the crowning and greatest achievement of a series of mighty movements, and it must be taken in connection with them.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that the conquest and settlement of the continent was part of a larger historical narrative.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It was the crowning and greatest achievement of a series of mighty movements, and it must be taken in connection with…”