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If such a spirit grows up in this Republic it will ultimately prove fatal to us, as in the past it has proved fatal to every community in which it has become dominant.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “If such a spirit grows up in this Republic it will ultimately prove fatal to us, as in the past it has proved fatal to…”
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He warns that a spirit of class division could be detrimental to the Republic, as it has been in the past for other communities.
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