This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... AN ESTIMATE OF MR. ROOSEVELT The Marvel of His Physical Energy, Nimbleness of Attention, Power of Concentration, and Volume of Information--His Clairvoyant Understanding of the Average Man---His Lack of Philosophical or Poetic Sympathy. Here may be given, of course, but glimpses of the kaleidoscopic ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ... AN ESTIMATE OF MR. ROOSEVELT The Marvel of His Physical Energy, Nimbleness of Attention, Power of Concentration, and Volume of Information--His Clairvoyant Understanding of the Average Man---His Lack of Philosophical or Poetic Sympathy. Here may be given, of course, but glimpses of the kaleidoscopic scenes enacting daily in the White House. These may serve, however, to give an idea of the manner in which the business of the Government is transacted and of the personality of the man who directs its transaction. So great is the natural public interest in this man, so unfounded have been some personal criticisms of him widely disseminated by the less scrupulous of his na an Estimate of flDr. "Roosevelt 113 opponents, and in some particulars so incomplete has been the popular conception of his character, that it may be worth while to recapitulate here the impression which I formed of it while observing him as the centre of these scenes and many more. Any one who has read thus far may be depended upon to pardon the personal statement that the author has never been a partisan of Mr. Roosevelt. Besides a disposition to look with some contempt upon the Life Strenuous, the particular incarnation of the spirit of eager action exhibited in the person of Theodore Roosevelt had never commended itself to him as particularly admirable. He did not go to scoff, however; neither did he exactly remain to pray. He came away with an experience, however, which it may be to edification thus to relate. A week's close and constant observation of a man known but casually and publicly might reasonably be expected to modify a judgment. In the present case it wrought something very like a change of heart. The testimony is that of one whose name, of course, is of not...
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