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Teddy Roosevelt: “Now the teeming riches of mine and field and factory attest the prosperity of those who are all the stronger because of…”

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Now the teeming riches of mine and field and factory attest the prosperity of those who are all the stronger because of the trials and struggles through which this prosperity has come.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt celebrates the prosperity of the South, linking it to the struggles endured by its people.

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