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As Police Commissioner it was my duty to deal with all kinds of squalid misery and hideous and unspeakable infamy, and I should have been worse than a coward if I had shrunk from doing what was necessary; but there would have been no use whatever in my reading novels detailing all this misery and squalor and crime, or at least in reading them as a steady thing. AS POLICE COMMSIONER IT WAS MY DUTY TO DEAL WITH ALL KINDS OF SQUALID MISERY AND HIDEOUS AND UNSPEAKABLE INFAMY AND I SHOULD HAVE BEEN WORSE THAN A COWARD IF I HAD SHRUNK FROM DOING WHAT WAS NECESSARY BUT THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN NO USE WHATEVER IN MY READING NOVELS DETAILING ALL THIS MISERY AND SQUALOR AND CRIME OR AT LEAST IN READING THEM AS A STEADY THING
l 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. 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.  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 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
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