The man Roosevelt, a portrait sketch . well under his manyburdens is his refusal to let anything whateverinterfere with his daily exercise in the open affair of state, no social entertainment, nophase of the weather has power to postponethis part of the Presidents program of duty. For a duty he thinks it, quite as importantas the duty of studying out economic problemsand satisfying politicians. He feels that hissound physique is one of the assets on which hisfellow citizens banked when they bespoke hisservices, and that to let it deteriorate wouldbe to rob them of their dues to that ext
The man Roosevelt, a portrait sketch . well under his manyburdens is his refusal to let anything whateverinterfere with his daily exercise in the open affair of state, no social entertainment, nophase of the weather has power to postponethis part of the Presidents program of duty. For a duty he thinks it, quite as importantas the duty of studying out economic problemsand satisfying politicians. He feels that hissound physique is one of the assets on which hisfellow citizens banked when they bespoke hisservices, and that to let it deteriorate wouldbe to rob them of their dues to that , hunting big game, hard riding,bouts with the gloves and foils, twenty-miletramps over rough roads, scaling mountaincrags, polo, football, wrestling, are to theindividual, in Mr. Roosevelts view, whatoccasional stimulation of the war spirit isto the nation. They harden his muscles, im-prove his wind and steady his nerves. Theybring him face to face with danger till he learnsto despise it. They sharpen his senses. They 198. Copyright, 192, by Cllnedinst, Washington. D. ( AN AFTERNOON GALLOP. PERPETUAL READINESS make him resourceful almost in spite of him-self. They quicken his wit and strengthen hiswill. They teach him self-care, self-control,self-confidence. And no man knows, till hehas been actually tested, how he would act inemergencies. It is on his belief in perpetual readiness—not on any liking for the attitude of the bully—that Mr. Roosevelt founds his assurance thatmanly sports, and especially sports involvingcompetition and struggle, are an essential partof every mans training for life. What is trueof the individual he regards as true of the na-tion. No people, he believes, ever kept them-selves in condition for doing their best work inthe world by going out of their way to avoidtrouble which was bound to come sooner orlater. Among schoolboys the most efficientpeacemaker is he who first by gentle wordsstrives to soothe the passions of two combatants,but
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