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canal runs almost southeast here and we
“The line of the canal runs almost southeast here, and we are going east.
— from Boy Scouts in the Canal Zone; Or, The Plot Against Uncle Sam by G. Harvey (George Harvey) Ralphson

Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill and when
Mr. Wilson had once lunched with Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, and when the Colonel was President, he and his party had been luncheon guests of President and Mrs. Wilson of Princeton University on the occasion of an Army and Navy game played on the Princeton gridiron.
— from Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. (Joseph Patrick) Tumulty

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