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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the strongly marked frontier character no traits were more pronounced than the dislike of crowding and the tendency…”

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In the strongly marked frontier character no traits were more pronounced than the dislike of crowding and the tendency to roam to and fro, hither and thither, always with a westward trend.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt describes the frontier character, emphasizing the dislike of crowding and a tendency to roam.

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