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I sent to you the examination papers for West Point and Annapolis. I have thought a great deal over the matter, and discussed it at great length with Mother. I feel on the one hand that I ought to give you my best advice, and yet on the other hand I do not wish to seem to constrain you against your wishes. I SENT TO YOU THE EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR WEST POINT AND ANNAPOLIS I HAVE THOUGHT A GREAT DEAL OVER THE MATTER AND DISCUSSED IT AT GREAT LENGTH WITH MOTHER I FEEL ON THE ONE HAND THAT I OUGHT TO GIVE YOU MY BEST ADVICE AND YET ON THE OTHER HAND I DO NOT WISH TO SEEM TO CONSTRAIN YOU AGAINST YOUR WISHES
of the children, though I had to come back to my work in the office before it was half through. At one period Ethel gave up her ring for one of the tricks. It was mixed up with the rings of five other little girls, and then all six rings were apparently pounded up and put into a pistol and shot into a collection of boxes, where five of them were subsequently found, each tied around a rose. Ethel's, however, had disappeared, and he made believe that it had vanished, but at the end of the next trick a remarkable bottle, out of which many different liquids had been poured, suddenly developed a delightful white guinea pig, squirming and kicking and looking exactly like Admiral Dewey, with around its neck Ethel's ring, tied by a pink ribbon. Then it was wrapped up in a paper, handed to Ethel; and when Ethel opened it, behold, there was no guinea pig, but a bunch of roses with a ring. MERITS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL LIFE White House, Jan. 21, 1904. DEAR TED: This will be a long business letter.  SECTION TWENTY THREE OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISH MERITS OF MILITARY AND CIVIL LIFE WHITE HOUSE JANUARY TWENTY FIRST NINETEEN O FOUR DEAR TED THIS WILL BE A LONG BUSINESS LETTER
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