Teddy Roosevelt: “It seems incredible to us now that there should have been such…”

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It seems incredible to us now that there should have been such callousness to the undeserved human suffering then.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses disbelief at the historical indifference to human suffering, reflecting on societal progress.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “It seems incredible to us now that there should have been such callousness to the undeserved human suffering then.”