A golden age of authors : a publisher's recollection . Q 5 a H o Q o P5 o o S s THEODORE ROOSEVELT . office on his way from the convention at Phila-delphia, sat down on a box, and told us all abouthis nomination for the Vice-Presidency. And I wishI could remember just what he said, but I have adecided impression that he told us that he meantto make that oflBce more important than it everhad been made before. I was crossing Union Square one hot Augustday with Will Carey, years before, when we metRoosevelt hm^rying through the Square. It was inthe days when he was police commissioner, and Ihad b


A golden age of authors : a publisher's recollection . Q 5 a H o Q o P5 o o S s THEODORE ROOSEVELT . office on his way from the convention at Phila-delphia, sat down on a box, and told us all abouthis nomination for the Vice-Presidency. And I wishI could remember just what he said, but I have adecided impression that he told us that he meantto make that oflBce more important than it everhad been made before. I was crossing Union Square one hot Augustday with Will Carey, years before, when we metRoosevelt hm^rying through the Square. It was inthe days when he was police commissioner, and Ihad been reading in the morning paper of some ofhis wanderings at night, looking after his force. Arent you going to take any vacation, I asked, bromidically. Where do you suppose I could have as good atime as I am having right here in New York? wasthe reply, with snapping teeth. With him the biggerthe job the better the time. He had none of theold-fashioned New England theology in his make-up, with its rewards for duty. The doing a worth-wh


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