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At the same time, many told Eleanor
that Franklin wasn’t good enough for
her. Some saw him as a lightweight, a
mediocre scholar, a frivolous manabout-town.
And however poor Eleanor’s
own self-image, she did not lack for
admirers who appreciated her gravitas.
Some of her suitors wrote grudging letters
of congratulations to Franklin
when he won her hand. “I have more
respect and admiration for Eleanor than
any girl I have ever met,” one letterwriter
said. “You are mighty lucky.
Your future wife is such as it is the
privilege of few men to have,” said
another.
But public opinion was beside the
point for Franklin and Eleanor. Each
had strengths that the other
craved—her empathy, his bravado. “E
is an Angel,” Franklin wrote in his
journal. When she accepted his
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