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Mexican Ambassador to the United States Creel congratulations President Roosevelt on having his book translated into “the sweet language of Cervantes.” He opines that “a good book is like a fountain of wisdom” and writing a book in only one language is “like a monopoly or trust.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-15
Theodore Roosevelt congratulates Governor Bass on a wise decision.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-08-12
Theodore Roosevelt praises Frank G. Allen for the courage and wisdom he has displayed in the situation in Illinois.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-07-30
Theodore Roosevelt appreciates Judge Frank C. Laughlin’s wisdom and wishes Judge Laughlin could manage Roosevelt’s affairs in Chicago. Roosevelt appreciates the interest Judge Laughlin has taken in him. Two copies of the letter are included, one addressed to New York City and the other to Buffalo, New York.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1912-06-08
The Emperor of China, sitting on a throne, seeks advice from a wise minister, as foreign ships, from England, Germany, Japan, France, and other countries, approach in the background. Caption: The Emperor of China–Tell me, most wise counselor, what advice does Confucius give concerning such a situation as this? / Li Hung Chang–I fear, Your Majesty, that Confucius is a back number. He never dreamed of such an exhibition of gall as this.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898-01-26
President Roosevelt tells the crowd at Salisbury, North Carolina, that it is good for Americans, especially the president, to travel, for it teaches one that sectional and class differences are trivial while good citizenship is the same everywhere. He praises the industrial growth of North Carolina and Tennessee, saying it will bring about prosperity for Americans in all sections. He adds that good laws can help this progress, but that no law can create prosperity without a hard-working citizenry possessing wisdom, honesty, perseverance, and courage. He concludes by saying he believes in the people of the region.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1902-09-09
Uncle Sam, with a sword across his lap, as King Solomon, holds up an imp labeled “My Policies.” William Jennings Bryan, taking a hard line, and William H. Taft, appealing for mercy, address “Solomon.” A distressed Theodore Roosevelt, fearing for his policies, observes the proceedings from around the corner.
The cartoonist Udo J. Keppler borrows here from the Biblical account of two women claiming parentage of a baby in their shared household, after another baby died. The verdict of the wise King Solomon, as recorded in I Samuel chapter 3, responding to the unrelenting pleas of the women, was to threaten to cut the baby in two. One women pleaded to be released of her claim, so the baby could be spared. Solomon decreed that this woman must have been the mother — willing to lose her child so that it might live.
President Taft, as Solomon, holds a baby elephant labeled “G.O.P.” aloft in one hand and a large sword labeled “Party Cleaver” in the other. One man labeled “Stand-Patter” pleads for Solomon Taft to spare the elephant. Another man labeled “Insurgent” stands to the right looking concerned, but not pleading for mercy.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1911-11-29