Teddy is consumed with energy as long as he is doing something and fighting somebody … he always finds something to do and somebody to fight. Poor Cabot must be successful; while Teddy is happiest when he conquers, but quite happy if he only fights.
Cecil Spring Rice, cited in E. Morris, The rise of Theodore Roosevelt (1979), 486
A digital form of the sadly lost fashion for copying out memorable passages from texts. I kept losing my actual book.
Thursday, 6 March 2025
Happiest when he conquers, but quite happy if he only fights
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