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Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1918-11-06
Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919
Ranlett, Frederick J. (Frederick Jordan), 1857-1924
English
President Roosevelt informs Frederick J. Ranlett that he found his article on “College Rank and Studies” to be interesting and shares a few thoughts on his own education. Namely, although he had wanted to be a naturalist, his professors had thought poorly of field work, in favor of working only with a microscope, and after entering politics he found that “the ‘economic man’ of most text books simply did not exist,” and classic works such as Plato’s Republic were of next to no practical use.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-06-24