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Teddy Roosevelt: They were men of hope and expectation, of enterprise and energy; for the men of dull content or more dull despair had no…

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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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt describes the essential qualities of the pioneers who settled the American continent.

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