Speech at Grand Canyon

In this speech, Teddy Roosevelt is speaking to the citizens and Governor of Arizona. His purpose seems to be to urge that the canyon be kept in a natural unspoiled state. The speech is non-linear and somewhat fractured - it does not seem to build towards making a large point, but expresses the President's wishes to keep the Grand Canyon grand. The asides to the Native Americans and the sudden short closing lend to a feeling of a somewhat disjointed speech.