The Greco-Roman world saw a civilization far more brilliant, far more
varied and intense, than any that had gone before it, and one that
affected a far larger share of the world's surface. For the first time
there began to be something which at least foreshadowed a "world
movement" in the sense that it affected a considerable portion of the
world's surface and that it represented what was incomparably the most
important of all that was happening in world history at the time. -from
"The World Movement" A man of prodigious and wide-ranging interests,
Theodore Roosevelt-politician and soldier, naturalist and historian-was
the youngest president in American history, ascending to the office when
he was only 42... and with much vigorous life in him and influence to
exert after he left the Oval Office, as this 1914 volume ably
demonstrates. In this collection of essays for various publications and
addresses delivered before Oxford University, the University of Berlin,
the Sorbonne, and the American Historical Association in the years after
he left the White House, Roosevelt introduces us to his fascinating
ideas on everything from world history and classic literature to the
duties of citizens and the machinations of politics. This is a striking
look inside the inquisitive mind and vivacious spirit of one of the
great American personalities. Also available from Cosimo Classics:
Roosevelt's America and the World War, Letters to His Children, A
Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open, Through the Brazilian Wilderness and
Papers on Natural History, Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail, The
Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses, and Historic Towns: New York OF
INTEREST TO: Roosevelt fans, students of the American presidency AUTHOR
BIO: Politician and soldier, naturalist and historian, American icon
THEODORE ROOSEVELT (1858-1919) was 26th President of the United States,
serving from 1901 to 1909, and the first American to win a Nobel Prize,
in 1906, when he was awarded the Peace Prize for mediating the
Russo-Japanese War. He is the author of 35 books.
