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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is an American politician building a public profile as he makes ambitious plans for his career. After being struck with a sudden illness that left him paralyzed, he is adapting to a new reality while stubbornly insisting on staying active. He keeps a stoic and lighthearted exterior, but it is clear that his illness is weighing on him physically and emotionally. His mother, Sara, is a formidable, elegant woman who speaks her mind freely and commands respect from the
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Start: Sara: Oh, Franklin, I鈥檓 getting some men at Hyde Park to determine how we can electrify the lift. It is, after all, only a large-size dumbwaiter and I鈥� FDR: No! I mean, please don鈥檛.
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End: Sara: Any dream you ever have or could have, I have. All pain you have felt, I have felt. I don鈥檛 want to see you hurt. FDR: That鈥檚 enough. There鈥檒l be no more talking鈥攏o more.
Citation: Doris Schary, Sunrise at Campobello, Signet, 1960, pp. 91-96.
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