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Trajan, Emperor of Rome, 53-117

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Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice

Letter from Theodore Roosevelt to Cecil Spring Rice

President Roosevelt agrees with Cecil Spring Rice that the love of ease and luxury in the upper classes of the English-speaking world and France is dangerous. Germany does not suffer this problem, but instead is in danger from the vices of industrialism, as is Japan. Roosevelt hopes that Russia may steer a middle course between bureaucracy and anarchy. Roosevelt thinks Spring Rice may idealize the past too much, and says that “it is our business to do everything we can to be both decent and efficient under conditions as we actually find them.”

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1908-07-21

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Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919

Letter from William A. Baillie-Grohman to Theodore Roosevelt

Letter from William A. Baillie-Grohman to Theodore Roosevelt

William A. Baillie-Grohman believes that in the foreword of his upcoming book Master of Game, President Roosevelt meant to say that Trajan wrote to Pliny, rather than the other way around. Two classical scholars at the British museum agree. If Grohman does not hear from Roosevelt by the 15th, he is going to make the change, as he does not have time to wait before the book goes to print. Grohman also discusses having part of Roosevelt’s foreword published in Century Magazine to promote the book in the United States.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1904-04-03

Creator(s)

Baillie-Grohman, William A. (William Adolph), 1851-1921