Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alfred Noyes
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1913-05-13
Creator(s)
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Your TR Source
Noyes, Alfred, 1880-1958
Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Alfred Noyes
Theodore Roosevelt is pleased with the letter and poem from Alfred Noyes. Roosevelt believes in peace but it must be “backed by physical force” in order to “appeal against the brutal, the disorderly, the homicidal.” He thinks Noyes’s verses will be helpful as too many “Peace people have degenerated into the ultra-pacifist type.” For example, none of the American peace organizations have denounced Germany for its actions in Belgium.
Collection
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
Creation Date
1914-11-28