KOOSEVELT DOCTRING BEING THE PERSONAL UTTER- A Brief Summary of the Principles of American Citizenship and Government COMPILED BY E. E. GARRISON New York ROBERT GRIER COOKE FOREWORD THE virile philosophy, of which this little book is a compressed expression, has been called "Doctrine," because, rising above the plane of mere political or partisan utterance, it presents a remarkable exposition of the duties and rights of man and government, and particularly of our citizens and our government, from the view-point of the highest and broadest thought and feeling. It is loftier in tone, though no less practical, than the utterances of the great Franklin. It is full as lofty as, though far more practical than, the teachings of the great reformers. And finally it comes as a gift to the Nation and to the world, bearing the moral sanction that could alone proceed from its being the product of the intellect and experience of one who has shown by a reasonably long and perfectly consistent public career, that men like ex-Secretary Root and Senator Platt of Connecticut have the truth with them, when they declare that our President will be placed, in History's unerring verdict, among our great statesmen. |