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There is quite enough sorrow and shame and suffering and baseness in real life, and there is no need for meeting it unnecessarily in fiction. THERE IS QUITE ENOUGH SORROW AND SHAME AND SUFFERING AND BASENESS IN REAL LIFE AND THERE IS NO NEED FOR MEETING IT UNNECESSARILY IN FICTION
hem. At the State dinner he sat between me and Bonaparte, and I could not help smiling to myself in thinking that here was this British Admiral seated beside the American Secretary of the Navy--the American Secretary of the Navy being the grandnephew of Napoleon and the grandson of Jerome, King of Westphalia; while the British Admiral was the grandson of a Hessian general who was the subject of King Jerome and served under Napoleon, and then, by no means creditably, deserted him in the middle of the Battle of Leipsic. I am off to vote to-night. NOVELS AND GAMES White House, November 19, 1905. DEAR KERMIT: I sympathize with every word you say in your letter, about Nicholas Nickleby, and about novels generally. Normally I only care for a novel if the ending is good, and I quite agree with you that if the hero has to die he ought to die worthily and nobly, so that our sorrow at the tragedy shall be tempered with the joy and pride one always feels when a man does his duty well and bravely.  SECTION THIRTY EIGHT OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG NOVELS AND GAMES WHITE HOUSE NOVEMBER NINETEENTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR KERMIT I SYMPATHIZE WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAY IN YOUR LETTER ABOUT NICHOLAS NICKLEBY AND ABOUT NOVELS GENERALLY NORMALLY I ONLY CARE FOR A NOVEL IF THE ENDING IS GOOD AND I QUITE AGREE WITH YOU THAT IF THE HERO HAS TO DIE HE OUGHT TO DIE WORTHILY AND NOBLY SO THAT OUR SORROW AT THE TRAGEDY SHALL BE TEMPERED WITH THE JOY AND PRIDE ONE ALWAYS FEELS WHEN A MAN DOES HIS DUTY WELL AND BRAVELY
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