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Teddy Roosevelt: “There sprang up in conquered southern Britain, when its name had been significantly changed to England, that branch of…”

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There sprang up in conquered southern Britain, when its name had been significantly changed to England, that branch of the Germanic stock which was in the end to grasp almost literally world-wide power, and by its overshadowing growth to dwarf into comparative insignificance all its kindred folk.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt discusses the emergence of a powerful branch of the Germanic stock in England, which would dominate globally.

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