As his health gradually improved he became possessed by the belief, although he perhaps did not then formulate it, that in the fields of active life a man could do that which he willed to do; and this faith was with him to the end.
Lodge describes Roosevelt's evolving belief in the power of will and determination in achieving one's goals.
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No man ever prized sentiment or hated sentimentality more than he.
He preached unceasingly the familiar morals which lie at the bottom of both family and public life.
So Valiant-for-Truth passed over and all the trumpets sounded for him on the other side.
He was also--and this is very revealing and explanatory, too, of his vast popularity--a man of ideals.