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If the standards of private morality and industrial efficiency can be raised high enough among the black race, then its future on this continent is secure.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt asserts that raising moral and industrial standards is crucial for the future of the black race in America.

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