tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18605112.post113624701980776087..comments2023-04-04T10:24:38.116-05:00Comments on Musings: Dare to Mighty Thingsnikkihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17322367787229990750noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18605112.post-1136484688914572702006-01-05T13:11:00.000-05:002006-01-05T13:11:00.000-05:00Ah.. another Teddy lover. I happened upon the quot...Ah.. another Teddy lover. I happened upon the quote because I was at the Natural History Museum with my friend Lance, who is also a Teddy lover. He told me a lot of things about Teddy and explained why he admired him so much... I am intrigued to learn more as there seem to be so many fascinating things about him. Thanks for that quote... Teddy was truly eloquent.nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17322367787229990750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18605112.post-1136480365127577062006-01-05T11:59:00.000-05:002006-01-05T11:59:00.000-05:00"This quote is about ... a young lawyer in New Yor..."This quote is about ... a young lawyer in New York. He'd married a beautiful girl, and they had a lovely daughter, and then suddenly she died, and this is what he wrote. This was in his diary.<BR/><BR/>He said: <BR/><BR/>'She was beautiful in face and form and lovelier still in spirit. As a flower she grew and as a fair young flower she died... None ever knew her who did not love and revere her for her bright and sunny temper and her saintly unselfishness. Fair, pure, and joyous as a maiden; loving, tender, and happy as a young wife. When she had just become a mother, when her life seemed to be just begun, and then the years seemed so bright before her, then by a strange and terrible fate death came to her. And when my heart's dearest died -- died, the light went from my life forever.'<BR/><BR/>That was T.R. in his twenties. He thought the light had gone from his life forever -- but he went on."<BR/><BR/>That's TR, by way of Nixon. Which is like quoting Gandhi, by way of Hamlet. I love all 4 of those for different reasons, but I love Teddy best.Traveling Mattiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11724502853555940242noreply@blogger.com