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On the recordMay 18, 1903
Lying out at night under those giant Sequoias was lying in a temple built by no hand of man, a temple grander than any human architect could by any possibility build.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Address at the Capitol Building in Sacramento, California

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