Teddy Roosevelt: “I trust we shall soon have a proper statue of Abraham Lincoln, to whom…”

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I trust we shall soon have a proper statue of Abraham Lincoln, to whom more than to any other one man this Nation owes its salvation.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses the need for a statue of Abraham Lincoln, recognizing his pivotal role in the nation's salvation.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “I trust we shall soon have a proper statue of Abraham Lincoln, to whom more than to any other one man this Nation owes…”