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Edward Stuart Talbot provides a critique of Oliver Lodge’s article titled “Suggestions towards the Re-interpretation of Christian Doctrine,” focusing on the discussion of the Atonement. Talbot is pleased that a man of “high scientific distinction” has chosen to write about theological matters.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1904-07-23
Theodore Roosevelt previously wrote on science and religion before receiving Emile Boutroux’s volume on the topic. He is “delighted” with the book and the sketch of Henry James. Roosevelt wishes he had a few days to discuss the subject with Boutroux.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-11-09
Theodore Roosevelt thanks Maurice Francis Egan for his letter, and express his hope that the “Russian papers” can be printed despite the drawbacks of that nation’s aristocratic government. Roosevelt also agrees with what Egan has to say about their “Spanish-American friends,” and express his thoughts about the corruption in Cuba. He then proceeds to list some names of individuals that they both seem to be fond of.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-09-05
Joseph Culbertson Clayton commends Theodore Roosevelt’s recent article in The Outlook, “The Search for Truth in a Reverent Spirit.” He will urge his friends to read it carefully.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-02
On behalf of the University of North Carolina, F. P. Venable invites Theodore Roosevelt to give the John Calvin McNair Lecture in 1915. The lecture series is on the mutual bearing of science and theology upon each other.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-31
Exhibit C contains correspondence regarding the publication and criticism of Edgar M. Ledyard’s pamphlet “Lessons on Familiar Philippine Animals” which was intended for use by the Bureau of Education in Manila. The pamphlet had a number of grammatical and scientific errors.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-12-26