On the recordJanuary 1, 1900
They were men of hope and expectation, of enterprise and energy; for the men of dull content or more dull despair had no part in the great movement into and across the New World.
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gutenberg.orgThey were men of hope and expectation, of enterprise and energy; for the men of dull content or more dull despair had no part in the great movement into and across the New World.
Roosevelt describes the essential qualities of the pioneers who settled the American continent.
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