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Long before the conclusion of the Hay-Herran treaty the course of events had shown that a canal to connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans must be built by the United States or not at all.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Long before the conclusion of the Hay-Herran treaty the course of events had shown that a canal to connect the Atlantic…”
Editor's note · Context
He asserts that the United States must build the canal or it would not be built at all.
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