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MY BROTHER
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
Theodore Roosevelt with his little granddaughter,
Edith Roosevelt Derby, 1918.
MY BROTHER
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
BY
CORINNE ROOSEVELT ROBINSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1921
Copyright, 1921, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published September, 1921
THE SCRIBNER PRESS
WITH TENDER AFFECTION I DEDICATE THIS BOOK
TO MY SISTER
ANNA ROOSEVELT COWLES
WHOSE UNSELFISH DEVOTION TO HER BROTHER
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
NEVER WAVERED THROUGH HIS WHOLE LIFE, AND FOR WHOM
HE HAD FROM CHILDHOOD
A DEEP AND UNSWERVING LOVE AND ADMIRATION
PREFACE
This Preface I write to my fellow countrymen as I give intotheir hands these intimate reminiscences of my brother, TheodoreRoosevelt.
A year and a half ago I was invited by the City History Clubof New York to make an address about my brother on Washington’sBirthday. Upon being asked what I would call my speech,I replied that as George Washington was the “Father of hiscountry,” as Abraham Lincoln was the “Saviour of his country,”so Theodore Roosevelt was the “Brother of his country,” andthat, therefore, the subject of my speech would be “The Brotherof His Country.”
In the same way, I feel that in giving to the public thesealmost confidential personal recollections, I do so because ofthe attitude of that very public toward Theodore Roosevelt.There is no sacrilege in sharing such memories with the peoplewho have loved him, and whom he loved so well.
This book is not a biography, it is not a political history ofthe times, although I have been most careful in the effort torecord facts accurately, and carefully to search my memorybefore relating conversations or experiences; it is, I hope, aclear picture, drawn at close hand by one who, because of herrelationship to him and her intercourse with him, knew hisloyalty and tenderness of heart in a rare and satisfying way,and had unusual opportunity of comprehending the point ofview, and therefore perhaps of clarifying the point of view, ofone of the great Americans of the day.
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