Teddy Roosevelt: “Proud though I am of your extraordinary industrial prosperity, I am…”

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Proud though I am of your extraordinary industrial prosperity, I am prouder yet of the men who have achieved it.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses pride in the achievements of the working men who contributed to industrial prosperity.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “Proud though I am of your extraordinary industrial prosperity, I am prouder yet of the men who have achieved it.”