Question

read these excerpts from \to roosevelt.\ which excerpt develops the theme that a peoples culture will withstand the interference of an outside force? the united states is powerful and huge. and when it shakes itself there is a deep temblor through the enormous vertebrae of the andes. ... youre rich. you combine the cults of hercules and mammon; and lighting the path to easy conquest, liberty raises her torch in new york. but our america which has had poets from the ancient times... which has consulted the stars, which has known atlantis. ... that america... lives. ... the spanish lion has set loose a thousand cubs. you would have to be god himself, roosevelt, ... to catch us in your iron grip.

Explanation:

The second excerpt mentions an ancient - rooted America with a long - standing culture and asserts that it cannot be easily subdued by an outside force (implied by Roosevelt's "iron grip"). The first excerpt mainly focuses on the power and might of the United States rather than cultural resilience to outside interference.

Answer:

But our America which has had poets from the ancient times... which has consulted the stars, which has known Atlantis.... that America... lives.... The Spanish lion has set loose a thousand cubs. You would have to be God himself, Roosevelt,... To catch us in your iron grip.