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Incidentally to its other work the public school does more than any other institution of any kind, sort, or description to Americanize the child of foreign-born parents who comes here when young, or is born here.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “Incidentally to its other work the public school does more than any other institution of any kind, sort, or description…”
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Roosevelt emphasizes the crucial role of public schools in integrating immigrant children into American society.
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