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DescriptionRight of the People.ogg
"The right of the people to rule", speech. Some noise and pops removed. Voice brought up stronger and more clearly. Mild equalization and compression, and also adjusted volume for better consistency throughout the recording. Transcript available at Wikisource.
[1] Excerpted from a speech given at Carnegie Hall, March 12, 1912.
[2]
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Library of Congress Digital ID trrs 1147urn:hdl:loc.mbrsrs/trrs.1147
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Theodore Roosevelt, recorded by Thomas Edison in New York
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