Proper Place for Sports White House 1903 Letter to Ted Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt discusses balancing sports with duties, noting a soldierly ideal, and advising his son on football and athletics. He praises pluck yet warns against overemphasizing games over service, urging effort toward worthy goals and leadership in rough, manly activity.
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A President at Play with Roosevelt Children in Oyster Bay
Arch ie and Nick appear inseparable as they stroll with a basket and a captured turtle after a picnic. The letter describes the Roosevelt brood at Groton, at Jane's Hill, and aboard the battleship Kearsarge, with Ted Roosevelt guiding and joining in activities, including humorous farm games and amateur theatricals.
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