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Abbot, Lyman, estimate of Roosevelt, 409; warm personal friend of, 409.
Address in Church, citizen and public man, 143.
Assembly, State, candidate for, 72; banquet given, 72; made canvass for, 73; member of, 74; Columbia students and professors aided in election, 74.
Assemblyman, as, first speech, 74; was head of committee of cities, 74; promoted tenement house reform, 74; investigated administration of N. Y. C., 75; exposed its' corruption, 75; denounced a Supreme judge, 76; became national hero, 78; fights corrupt influence on members, 76; became state leader of his party, 79.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, appointed by McKin-ley, 121; got navy in shape, 122; sent Dewey famous cablegram, 122.
Bible,   address  on,   307.
Big Stick,   214.
Birthplace and boyhood, 37; Theodore Roosevelt's ancestors, 39; grandfather a genius, 39; his father wealthy merchant, 39; mother distinguished Southern family, 40; rugged characteristics from father, 40; boy was typical American,. North and South in veins, 41; strict moral teaching by mother and aunt, 41.
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Books, read to him, 42; read by him, 42; on.nature, adventure, Indian life, hunting, morals, religion, Africa in childhood, 42; author, 217.
Burial of Roosevelt,  348.
Business men visit White House, 209.
Boxing taught, 49; law against, 138.
Boyhood, playful in amusement and exercise, 43; pathetic care of father and mother, 48, other boys thrashed him, 48; took boxing lessons, 49; religious instruction of, 50; handicapped by riches, 61; presidents sons of poverty, 51.
Civil Service Commissioner, appointed, 95; fought spoils system, 96; as President commends law for Philli-pines, 97; commends law at home, 98.
Coal Miners' Strike, settled, 215.
Conservation, of forest, field and stream, 218.
Cove School, 335; Roosevelt 30 years its friend, 336.
Cutler, A. H., Tutor, life-long friend of Roosevelt, 6"; tells incident about knowledge of books, 61.
Day, Chancellor, J. R., memorial address of, 421.
Death of Roosevelt, 345; the great adventure, 429.
Degrees, conferred by foreign universities, 231.
Depew, Chauncey, address of, 357.
 
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Derby, Ethel Carow Roosevelt, 272; romance concerning, 271; Doctor fought through war in France, 273; lieutenant-colonel, 273.
Elk Horn Ranch, bought, 84; ranch life described, .85.
Father, wisely endowed son, 53.
Faults, he had them, 238; he said so, 238; supposed faults his strongest elements, 239.
Forest and mountain, evolution of, 91.
Gibbons, Cardinal, estimate of Roosevelt, 299.
Goethals, Gen., on Roosevelt's relation to Canal, 185.
Governorship, nomination for, 131; nomination opposed by Senator Platt, 131; afterward favored by him. 136; B. B. Odell favored Roosevelt's candidacy and election, 137; elected by 17,786 majority, 137; administration one of reform, 137; in Civil Service, 137; appointment of tenement house commissioner, 137; securing eight-hour law, 138; in employers' liability act, 138; protection of women and children in industry, 138; in exposure of political corruption In New York City, 138.
Grave, of Roosevelt overlooking Sound, 348; selected by himself, 348; visit, to, 348.
Great Heart, Bunyan's, 329; protected women and children, 330; knew and loved children, 331-333; was loved by them, 331; kisaes little invalid girl, 333.
Halford, Col. E. W., tells Incident of quarrel with prominent Congressman, 102.
Harvard career, 81.
Hays, Will H., address on Roosevelt, 395.
Hercules, choice of, 55; parallel of, 55; Roosevelt a, 213; marks of similarity between two as pugilist, warrior, driver, hunter, lion-killer, patriot, wielder of big stick, 213.
 
Home, influence on destiny, 51; of boyhood ideal, 53; type of American home, 53; W. 57th St., moved to, when Theodore was 16, 54; joined church, 55; laid mental and moral plans for future, 55.
Hughes, Charles E., renomi-nation for Governor urged by Roosevelt, 203; address of before Republican Club, 383.
Jefferson, Thomas, Ijouisiana Purchase, 89.
Kiplingr, Rudyard, sent message, 350.
Lane, Secy. F. K., tribute of, 420.
Law School, entered, 71.
Lincoln, copied Washington, 28.
Lodge, Henry Cabot, memorial address, 369; what Roosevelt said of him, 370.
Longworth, Alice Lee, married In White House, 274; Nicholas, 274; member of Congress, 274.
Mayor of New York, ran for, 95.
McNichols, J. W., chum of boyhood, 44; incidents he relates, 45.
Merchant of New York pays tribute, 412.
Messages of condolence, 349; from King and Queen of England, Lloyd George, Rudyard Kipling and President Wilson, 349-350.
Moral heroism, manifested, 110; his life was threatened, 112; promoted brave policeman, 113; writes letter defying foes, 117; fought spoils system, 98; Illegal trusts, 197; speech after being shot, 236; gives boys to war, 259; brave in Quentin's death, 270.
Mother, true, gives boys to die for country, 431; heroism of matches that of soldier, 431; bears and gives children to die for country, 431.
Nation, great when citizens die for it, 431.
National parks, established, 219.
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for President, 80; Blaines election forced him into political retirement, 80.
Nature, fondness of, 43; his teacher, 83; important to health and education, 83.
Naturalist, Roosevelt as, 218; knew name of every flower, plant, tree, 218; bird, knowledge of and care for, 219.
Nobel Peace Prize, received, 216.
Oyster Bay. friends, interview with, 279; beautiful incidents related by, 279; gave receptions to them, 282; Masonic Lodge, attended, 283; gave money to, 285; attended , Episcopal church every Sunday morning, 287; Dr. Talmadge, rector, tells devotion to local church, of his presence at baptism of grandchildren and his last communion, service, 285.
Panama Canal, Roosevelt's relation to, described by Goethals, 185; former attempts, failures, 182; planned by Roosevelt, 182; Gen. Goethals head of, 183; sanitary regulations of, 183; building of, 183; heroic service in, 184.
Paradox, A, 65.
Parker, John M., estimate of Roosevelt, 221.
Peace between Russia and Japan secured, 216.
Pinchot, Clifford, estimate of Roosevelt, 402.
Pioneer Civilization, greatness of, 89.
Police Commissioner, appointed by Mayor Strong, 107; member Board of Health, 116.
Prairie, evolution of, 90; Roosevelt's relation to, 91.
Problem of life and death, 429.
Progressive, candidate for Presidency, 233; received 4,126,020 votes, 234; returned to Republican party without revenge and became its leader, 237; shot by assassin, 235; tragical speech after being shot, 236.
Prohibition, war demanded, 325; constitutional national
 
declared for, 325; aided by woman suffrage, 326; asked Congress to pass woman suffrage bill, 326.
Ranch life, a factor In greatness, 83.
Roosevelt, Theodore, immor-'tality of, 26, 435; copied Washington and Lincoln, 29; letter about Lincoln, 29; comparison of Washington and Lincoln, 32; ranchman, 86; practical cowboy, 86; whipped drunken loafer, 87; first city man made President, 88; reveals a heart secret, 193; worships with plain people, 197; felt divinely called to fight illegal trusts, 197; asks for renomination of Hughes, 206; as President, 163-177; vast knowledge, 210; his quick decision, 210; businesslike method, 210; his religion, 291; joined St. Nicholas Dutch Reformed Church, 291; Dr. Ludlow's account of, 292; a mighty religious believer, 292; a mighty religious actor, 292; preached great sermon in Oyster Bay Church, 295; commends young minister going out as missionary, 296; his denominational breadth illustrated at White House, 298; Cardinal Gibbons estimate of, 299; Hey. Mac Leod commends his breadth, 300; Rabbi Piera Mendes, tribute to, 300; opposed return of intoxicants to canteen, 319; condemns collusion of saloons with corrupt politicians, 323; made address on Bible, 307; as literature, 308; the basis of individual and public morals, 308; faithful teaching of it to children, 311; the Christ, the hope of the world, 313; demands practical service, 313; a mighty giant, 340; as naturalist and man, 222; and Hercules, parallel between, 214, 215, a mighty hunter, 225; kills his first grizzly, 225; gets his first lion, 226; African trip, 229; South American tours, 231; explored River of Doubt, 231; death, 345; at home, 345; told Amos
 
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turn out light and went to sleep, 345; proceeded by a year of Illness, 346; funeral service simple by Dr. Tal-madge, 347; floral tributes at, 347; buried in little cemetery near his home, 848.
Roosevelt Theodore, Sons, all four went to Harvard, 259; commissioned officers, 259.
Boosevelt, Mrs. Theodore, receives pension, 420; mistress at Sagamore Hill, 275.
Boosevelt, Archibald Bullock, 263; critically wounded, 264; writes for magazine, 264; a captain, 264.
Roosevelt, Kermit, 265; accompanied father on trip to Africa and South America, 267; British captain in Mesopotamia, 266; captain In U. S. Army, 266; great hunter. 266.
Boosevelt, Quentin, 268; brilliant, 268; brave, 268; martyr, 269; first lieutenant, 268; killed in desperate air battle, 270; buried by enemy, 270; mother visits grave, 272.
Roosevelt, Theodore, Jr., severely wounded, 260; lieutenant-colonel, 260; address Republican club, 261; enters politics, 261; his wife in war work in France, 262.
Roosevelt, Robert, law office, 71; Theodore a student in, 71.
Rough Rider, raised regiment of, 123; Governor Roosevelt's address to, 125; Leonard Wood, Colonel of, 125; shot and killed Spanish sniper, 124.
 
Sagamore Hill, visit to, 245; house vacant, 245; weeping elm near, 245; Charles Lee, colored chauffeur and a friend talks about master— his walks, works, sport, horses, Archie's pony, dogs, etc., 246; boxes for birds, 250; children of the gardener, 251; its memories of childhood, 253; Mrs. Roosevelt mistress of, 254.
Shaw, Albert, on Roosevelt as President, 163-177.
Sunday saloon, closed by Commissioner, 107.
"The   Great  Adventure,"   429.
Vice-Presidency, did not desire it, 157; was forced on him by Philadelphia Convention, 158; became President when McKinley died, Sept. 13, 1901, 159.
Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt, compared, similarity, 27; dissimilarity, 24.
Wealth, blessing to Theodore Roosevelt the boy, 52.
Wilderness of the West, his description of, 84; hunting trips in, 85; the people of, 84.
Wilson. Bishop L. B., address of 362-365.
Wilson, Woodrow, President, cables beautiful message, 350.
Winning of the West by Boosevelt, 91.
Woman Suffrage, Boosevelt champion of, 325; passed, 326.
World War, divinely called to aid, 199; great figure in, 237.
Wood, Gen. Leonard, estimate of life-long- friend, 419.