Teddy Roosevelt: “In the present volume I am not sure that I understand “Luke Havergal”…”

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In the present volume I am not sure that I understand “Luke Havergal”; but I am entirely sure that I like it.

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Republican · New York

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Roosevelt expresses his personal appreciation for a poem, despite not fully understanding it.

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Teddy Roosevelt: “In the present volume I am not sure that I understand “Luke Havergal”; but I am entirely sure that I like it.”