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In a civilized and cultivated country, wild animals only continue to exist at all when preserved by sportsmen.

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Theodore Roosevelt
Age: 60 †
Born: 1858
Born: October 27
Died: 1919
Died: January 6
26Th U.S. President
Autobiographer
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Explorer
Historian
Naturalist
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Politician
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Teddy
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