Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt as soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay .. . ut the light, please. These were thelast words he said ou whom now light eternalshines. For him no burden of the slow andfading years, with consciousness of an impend-ing blow; the sword of Damocles above his;head about to fall and bring oblivion. No. itwere best to go while still the strength of hisgreat manhood unabated stood and matched liismighty spirit, which untamed by strain andtravel of the passing days still sprang towardlonged for action
Personal memoirs of the home life of the late Theodore Roosevelt as soldier, governor, vice president, and president, in relation to Oyster Bay .. . ut the light, please. These were thelast words he said ou whom now light eternalshines. For him no burden of the slow andfading years, with consciousness of an impend-ing blow; the sword of Damocles above his;head about to fall and bring oblivion. No. itwere best to go while still the strength of hisgreat manhood unabated stood and matched liismighty spirit, which untamed by strain andtravel of the passing days still sprang towardlonged for action When it seemed the time wasripe to serve his country best; now he rests. Hiswork on earth was done, else he had stayed totlnish it. No life goes back to its Maker incom-plete, though our earthly eyes not always readthe story to its end. The end for him is butthe beginning of a sure presage of souls were never made to be destroyed,but to go on and on to wider fields and newerachievements, fitted to the powers which hereon earth were as a sacred trust held blameless,stainless and inviolate. —The Liberal Neics, Kansas ADDENDA.
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