Teddy Roosevelt: “Nevertheless, it is most discreditable to us as a people, and it may…”

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Nevertheless, it is most discreditable to us as a people, and it may be fraught with the gravest consequences to the nation.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt warns that such hostility could have serious consequences for the nation.

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