Teddy Roosevelt: “The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all…”

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The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt asserts that settlers who confront and displace savages contribute significantly to the progress of civilization.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “The rude, fierce settler who drives the savage from the land lays all civilized mankind under a debt to him.”