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Teddy Roosevelt: “Then came the time of stress and strain which culminated in the Civil War, the period of terrible struggle upon the…”

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Then came the time of stress and strain which culminated in the Civil War, the period of terrible struggle upon the issue of which depended the justification of all that we had done earlier, and which marked the second great period of growth and development within.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

He discusses the Civil War as a critical period that tested the nation's earlier achievements and ideals.

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