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THE PRESIDENT (THE PANAMA TOLLS) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON

First Line: HE PLEAD FOR HONOR AND THE COUNTRY'S GOOD
Last Line: BUT LEFT TO HISTORY THE UNGRUDGING SORT.
Subject(s): PANAMA CANAL; PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES; ROOSEVELT, THEODORE (1858-1919); CANAL ZONE;
HE plead for honor and the country's good,
And craved "ungrudging measure" of support.
The Sages gave approval as they could,
But left to History the ungrudging sort.



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