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Teddy Roosevelt: “It is in no small degree due to you and your efforts that we are one people instead of a group of jarring peoples.”

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It is in no small degree due to you and your efforts that we are one people instead of a group of jarring peoples.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt credits educators for helping to create a cohesive national identity.

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