[APPENDIX C.]
Chronology of the Life of Theodore Roosevelt from 1858 to 1904
ILLUSTRATIONS
[Colonel Roosevelt at San Juan Hill ]
[Theodore Roosevelt's Birthplace]
[House in which Theodore Roosevelt roomed while at Harvard]
[Theodore Roosevelt at Graduation, 1880]
[Miss Alice Lee Roosevelt]
[Edith Kermit Roosevelt ]
[Theodore Roosevelt as a Rough Rider]
[Colonel Roosevelt at Montauk Point ]
[The Roosevelt Homestead at Oyster Bay ]
[Theodore Roosevelt]
[President McKinley and Vice-President Roosevelt ]
[President Roosevelt at his Desk ]
[The White House, showing New Offices]
[President Roosevelt and Cabinet, 1903]
[President Roosevelt Speaking at the Unveiling of the Statue of General Sherman ]
[President Roosevelt and his Family ]
AMERICAN BOYS' LIFE OF THEODORE ROOSEVELT
CHAPTER I
Birthplace and Ancestry of Theodore Roosevelt—His Father's Philanthropy—City and Country Home—Days at School—Religious Training
"Our country calls not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous endeavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with the fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder and stronger peoples will pass us by and will win for themselves the domination of the world. Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute to do our duty well and manfully; resolute to uphold righteousness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. Above all, let us not shrink from strife, moral or physical, within or without the nation, provided that we are certain that the strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through hard and dangerous endeavor, that we shall ultimately win the goal of true national greatness."
These words, taken from President Roosevelt's remarkable speech on "The Strenuous Life," show well the character of the man, his lofty ideals, his sterling courage, his absolute honesty, and unwavering patriotism. He is a typical American in the best sense of the word, and his life is worthy of careful study. From it American boys of to-day, and in generations to come, may gain lessons that will do them much good.