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Teddy Roosevelt: “Here, also, the enterprise, daring, and energy of the individual settlers were of the utmost consequence; the land could…”

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Here, also, the enterprise, daring, and energy of the individual settlers were of the utmost consequence; the land could never have been won had not the incomers possessed these qualities in a very high degree.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt emphasizes the vital qualities of enterprise, daring, and energy among individual settlers in winning land.

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