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I must write you a line to say how much I have appreciated your article, “The Woman who Toils.” But to me there is a most melancholy side to it, when you touch upon what is fundamentally infinitely more important than any other question in this country—that is, the question of race suicide, complete or partial.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses his appreciation for an article while highlighting the serious issue of 'race suicide' in America.

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