Franklin roosevelt's contributed the most to his development of compassion and strength of will. a. education b. domestic conflicts with eleanor roosevelt c. family ties with teddy roosevelt d. affliction with infantile paralysis e. service in world war i 2. the most vigorous "champion of the dispossessed"– that is, the poor and minorities– in roosevelt administration circles was a. harold ickes. b. alfred e. smith. c. eleanor roosevelt. d. frances perkins. e. henry a. wallace.