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Theodore Roosevelt was very interested in Professor J. B. Bury’s Romanes Lecture. He offers some comments and questions regarding Anatolia, the Byzantine Empire, the Seljuk Turks, and the overall historical development of the region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-06-13
President Roosevelt was recently reading a volume of John Morley’s work Critical Miscellanies, and wished to write to him about a number of the issues he raises, and critiques several other historians and works of history. Roosevelt pivots to talking about the recent election in the United States as he identifies it as having taken place under circumstances similar to those identified by Baron Thomas Babington Macaulay–with a recent financial panic and a demagogue opposing William H. Taft–but because of the moral superiority of the Republican party, Taft became president-elect. Roosevelt believes that foolish optimism can get in the way of sane optimism, but also believes that there is cause to hope in the future. He would like to see Morley when he visits England in 1910.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-12-01
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt assures F. V. Greene that he will do what he can for Holden. He wishes he could see Greene to discuss affairs, especially Eastern matters between the Turks and Greeks, which he has been following with great interest. Roosevelt is also interested in the foreign affairs of the United States concerning Hawaii and Cuba.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1897-05-03
This French printing of Secretary of State Elihu Root’s presidential address before the second annual meeting of the American Society of International Law discusses the basis for international law. Like municipal law, international law is best enforced by the sanction of public opinion, as expressed in individual opinions in the nations. Root suggests that the best way to promote international law is to promote public support of international law in lieu of creating armies and navies.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-07