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Teddy Roosevelt: “If the measure which I advocate is enacted into law, a good many people will expect that it will bring the millennium…”

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If the measure which I advocate is enacted into law, a good many people will expect that it will bring the millennium considerably nearer than will prove to be the case.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt warns that the anticipated benefits of his proposed measure may not materialize as expected.

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