http://vaughnshire.com/2005/11/15/theodore-roosevelt-larger-than-life/ A multi-generational vision for advancing the Kingdom of Christ Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:45:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://vaughnshire.com/2005/11/15/theodore-roosevelt-larger-than-life/#comment-1853 Vaughnshire Farm » Carry a Big Stick - Dr. George Grant Sat, 15 Mar 2008 05:44:24 +0000 http://vaughnshire.com/2005/11/15/theodore-roosevelt-larger-than-life/#comment-1853 [...] my post Theodore Roosevelt - Larger Than Life I completely underestimated the complexity of one of the greatest occupants of the American white [...] […] my post Theodore Roosevelt - Larger Than Life I completely underestimated the complexity of one of the greatest occupants of the American white […]

]]> http://vaughnshire.com/2005/11/15/theodore-roosevelt-larger-than-life/#comment-100 Josiah Project » Carry a Big Stick - Dr. George Grant Tue, 06 Jun 2006 21:06:56 +0000 http://vaughnshire.com/2005/11/15/theodore-roosevelt-larger-than-life/#comment-100 [...] In my post Theodore Roosevelt - Larger Than Life I completely underestimated the complexity of one of the greatest occupants of the American white house. Truly, I don’t think there could be a more complex person to write about. The oddest part of it all is that Teddy Roosevelt did not consider himself anything beyond average. In an assessment of his own ability he wrote: In most things, I am just average; in some of them a little under, rather than over. I am only an ordinary walker. I can’t run. I am not a good swimmer, although I am a strong one. I probably ride better than anything else I do, but I’m certainly not a remarkably good rider. I am not a good shot. I never could be a good boxer, although I do keep at it, whenever I can. My eyesight prevents me from ever being a good tennis player, even if otherwise I could qualify. I am not a brilliant writer. I have written a great deal, but I always have to work and slave over everything I write. The things I have done are all, with the possible exception of the Panama Canal, just such things as any ordinary man could have done. There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record at all. page 125 Here is an average man with his average Rough Riders! [...] […] In my post Theodore Roosevelt - Larger Than Life I completely underestimated the complexity of one of the greatest occupants of the American white house. Truly, I don’t think there could be a more complex person to write about. The oddest part of it all is that Teddy Roosevelt did not consider himself anything beyond average. In an assessment of his own ability he wrote: In most things, I am just average; in some of them a little under, rather than over. I am only an ordinary walker. I can’t run. I am not a good swimmer, although I am a strong one. I probably ride better than anything else I do, but I’m certainly not a remarkably good rider. I am not a good shot. I never could be a good boxer, although I do keep at it, whenever I can. My eyesight prevents me from ever being a good tennis player, even if otherwise I could qualify. I am not a brilliant writer. I have written a great deal, but I always have to work and slave over everything I write. The things I have done are all, with the possible exception of the Panama Canal, just such things as any ordinary man could have done. There is nothing brilliant or outstanding in my record at all. page 125 Here is an average man with his average Rough Riders! […]

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