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 righteousness.
Lodge traces the historical influences in Roosevelt's lineage that shaped his advocacy for justice and righteousness.
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So Valiant-for-Truth passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
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.
His country asked the sacrifice and he gave it with solemn pride and uncomplaining lips.
His ideal of public service was to be found in his life, and as his life drew to its close he had to meet his ideal of sacrifice face to face.