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January 11, 1919 issue

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This article focuses on the socio-political conditions of the U.S. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was often spoken of as preeminently a lucky man, It is true that more than one of the high distinctions which he enjoyed, whether as a holder of public office or as a private citizen still conspicuous in the public eye, came as the fruit of what at the moment appeared to be chiefly lucky circumstance; while from more than one of the difficulties into which his temperament or his political methods repeatedly plunged him, a fortunate turn of events, as startling, often, as it was unforeseen, repeatedly afforded extrication.

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UNITED States -- Politics & government; ROOSEVELT, Theodore, 1858-1919; UNITED States -- Social conditions; PRESIDENTS -- United States; POLITICS, Practical; UNITED States
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