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All questions of tariff and finance sink into utter insignificance when compared with the tremendous, the vital importance of trying to shape conditions so that these two duties of the man and of the woman can be fulfilled under reasonably favorable circumstances.
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Teddy Roosevelt
Republican · New York

Editor's note · Context

Roosevelt argues that economic issues pale in comparison to the importance of fulfilling family duties under favorable conditions.

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