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Santo Domingo, in her turn, has now made an appeal to us to help her, and not only every principle of wisdom but every generous instinct within us bids us respond to the appeal.
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Roosevelt expresses a moral obligation to respond to Santo Domingo's appeal for assistance during a crisis.
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