Such a death, crowning the glory of such a life, leaves us with infinite sorrow, but with such pride in what he had accomplished and in his own personal character, that we feel the blow not as struck at him, but as struck at the nation.
Roosevelt reflects on the sorrow and pride felt by the nation in response to McKinley's death.
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