After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer The bottom dropped out of my own particular world, I faced myself, my surroundings, my world, honestly for the first time. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

After the discovery in 1918 of love letters revealing that Franklin was involved with Lucy Mercer The bottom dropped out of my own particular world, I faced myself, my surroundings, my world, honestly for the first time.

Eleanor Roosevelt

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