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These weather-beaten backwoods warriors, who held their deliberations in the open air, showed that they had in them good stuff out of which to build a free government.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “These weather-beaten backwoods warriors, who held their deliberations in the open air, showed that they had in them good…”
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Roosevelt highlights the resilience and capability of early American settlers in establishing governance.
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