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Friday, August 15, 2008
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Written by Zach in Art News Stories Teddy Roosevelt

Say what you will about America, but once upon a time, we had a President who felt the beat of hardy life in his veins, and possessed the glory of work and the joy of living. He also kept company with “lean, sinewy fellows, accustomed to riding half-broken horses, at any speed, over any country, by day or by night.” His name of course, was Theodore Roosevelt.


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Thursday, August 14, 2008
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Written by Zach in Art News Teddy Roosevelt


Poster by Matt Mantooth

Theodore Roosevelt fits into a Presidential mold all his own. He aims were enacted, it seems, by tireless effort and sheer force of will. He died in his sleep on July 6, 1919. This led Wilson’s vice president to say, “Death had to take Roosevelt sleeping, for if he had been awake, there would have been a fight.”

Roosevelt is a bit of an enigma. He greatly widened the power of the executive branch and government as a whole, but he cut the public …

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Wednesday, August 13, 2008
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Written by Zach in Art News Stories Teddy Roosevelt


illustration by J. Gerard

“We do not admire the man of timid peace. We admire the man who embodies victorious effort; the man who never wrongs his neighbor; who is prompt to help a friend; but who has those virile qualities necessary to win in the stern strife of actual life.” –Theodore Roosevelt.

Theodore Roosevelt was a firm advocate of the strenuous life, though few who saw him as a child were likely to ever suspect such a thing. He was a sickly boy afflicted with asthma and poor …

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Tuesday, August 12, 2008
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Written by Zach in Art News Teddy Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt insisted that good things demand great effort. I’m not sure if anyone else in the 20th century articulated this truth with as much persistence–maybe Winston Churchill. At any rate, here are some excerpts from the writings of Mr. Roosevelt, the man who believed that great goodness demands great sacrifice. He also wields the phrase, “helmeted queen among the nations,” which is top notch.

“A mere life of ease is not in the end a satisfactory life, and above all it is a life which ultimately unfits …

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Monday, August 11, 2008
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Written by Zach in Art News Stories Teddy Roosevelt

Thanks to Cory for his considerable skills in displaying today’s Roosevelt post.

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