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President Roosevelt thanks George Macaulay Trevelyan for the copy of Songs before Sunrise. Currently, he is reading Guglielmo Ferrero’s The Greatness and Decline of Rome and notes that there are similarities with the conditions he describes and those of “our modern industrial civilization.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-23
Theodore Roosevelt never spoke about Cromwell as one of his “four heroes” along with Washington and Lincoln. Roosevelt has always avoided referring to any men as “[his] heroes.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1915-03-23
President Roosevelt wishes that Cecil Spring Rice and his wife were there to visit with him and Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt. He reflects on the growing German materialism in light of the controversy surrounding the appointment of David Jayne Hill as new ambassador there. The previous ambassador, Charlemagne Tower, was wealthy, and Roosevelt believes that the Germans dislike Hill because he is not wealthy. Roosevelt reflects on the merits of being rich and concludes that while it is good to have the things that money can buy, “from the standpoint of real pleasure [he] should selfishly prefer [his] oldtime ranch on the Little Missouri to anything in Newport.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-04-11
President Roosevelt sends his thanks for the letter and plans to read Giuseppe Mazzini’s book at his “first leisure hour.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-10
After a long break, poet Algernon Charles Swinburne wrote a new piece titled “Memorial Verses on the Death of Karl Blind.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-27
Earl Grey is arranging for President Roosevelt to receive the writings of Giuseppe Mazzini in return for Roosevelt’s The Strenuous Life.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-03-08