Roosevelt Letter
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Title
Roosevelt Letter
Subject
letters
Description
Excerpt from Hanson's letter to President Theodore Roosevelt, November 18, 1908.
Language
English
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I am myself deaf. My greatest obstacle is not my deafness, but to overcome the prejudice and ignorance of those who do not understand what the deaf can do.
No action in reference to the deaf has caused such universal indignation among the deaf and their friends as has this ruling of the Civil Service Commission. As a sample of the feeling arouse I quote the following from Supt. Johnson of the Indiana School for the Deaf: "The whole thing is unjust! - the action of the Commission and President a backward step! - and one that in reason should be reversed."
No action in reference to the deaf has caused such universal indignation among the deaf and their friends as has this ruling of the Civil Service Commission. As a sample of the feeling arouse I quote the following from Supt. Johnson of the Indiana School for the Deaf: "The whole thing is unjust! - the action of the Commission and President a backward step! - and one that in reason should be reversed."
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“Roosevelt Letter,” National Deaf Life Museum, accessed May 18, 2024, https://nationaldeaflifemuseum.omeka.net/items/show/25.