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Teddy Roosevelt: “Much has been written and sung of the advantages possessed by the mountaineer when striving in his own home against…”

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Much has been written and sung of the advantages possessed by the mountaineer when striving in his own home against invaders from the plains; but these advantages are as nothing when weighed with those which make the warlike dweller in forests unconquerable by men who have not his training.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt emphasizes the advantages of the forest-dwelling tribes in warfare compared to those living in mountainous regions.

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