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In our great cities there is plainly in evidence much wealth contrasted with much poverty, and some of the wealth has been acquired, or is used, in a manner for which there is no moral justification.
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Roosevelt points out the stark contrast between wealth and poverty in cities, questioning the moral justification of wealth acquisition.
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