Henry Cabot Lodge: “The subject has not only attracted attention as a question of politics, but it has struck a far deeper-toned chord.”

The blood of some ancestral Scotch covenanter or of some Dutch reformed preacher facing the tyranny of Philip of Spain was in his veins, and with his large opportunities and his vast audiences he was always ready to appeal for justice and…

His country asked the sacrifice and he gave it with solemn pride and uncomplaining lips.

When the future historian traces Theodore Roosevelt's extraordinary career he will find these embodied ideals planted like milestones along the road over which he marched.

He preached unceasingly the familiar morals which lie at the bottom of both family and public life.