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Nevertheless, European wars, and the schemes and fancies of European statesmen, could determine merely the conditions under which the catastrophe was to take place, but not the catastrophe itself.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Nevertheless, European wars, and the schemes and fancies of European statesmen, could determine merely the conditions…”
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Roosevelt reflects on how European conflicts could shape events but not change the inevitable outcomes in America.
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