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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_01_rand_64kb_146", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_01_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.04, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We pulled with all our strength, but we could not move it. So we called International 4 8818, and together we scraped the earth around the bar. Of a sudden the earth fell in before us, and we saw an old iron grill over a black hole.", "WE PULLED WITH ALL OUR STRENGTH BUT WE COULD NOT MOVE IT SO WE CALLED INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT AND TOGETHER WE SCRAPED THE EARTH AROUND THE BAR OF US A SUDDEN THE EARTH FELL IN BEFORE US AND WE SAW AN OLD IRON GRILLE OVER A BLACK HOLE" ], "pre_texts": [ "of Preference, to love any among men better than the others, since we must love all men and all men are our friends. So International 4-8818 and we have never spoken of it. But we know. We know, when we look into each other’s eyes. And when we look thus without words, we both know other things also, strange things for which there are no words, and these things frighten us. So on that day of the spring before last, Union 5-3992 were stricken with convulsions on the edge of the City, near the City Theatre. We left them to lie in the shade of the Theatre tent and we went with International 4-8818 to finish our work. We came together to the great ravine behind the Theatre. It is empty save for trees and weeds. Beyond the ravine there is a plain, and beyond the plain there lies the Uncharted Forest, about which men must not think. We were gathering the papers and the rags which the wind had blown from the Theatre, when we saw an iron bar among the weeds. It was old and rusted by many rains.", "ETTER THAN THE OTHERS SINCE WE MUST LOVE ALL MEN AND ALL MEN ARE OF OUR FRIENDS SO INTERNATIONAL FOR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT AND WE HAVE NEVER SPOKEN OF IT BUT WE KNOW WE KNOW WHEN WE LOOK INTO EACH OTHER'S EYES AND WHEN WE LOOK THUS WITHOUT WORDS WE BOTH KNOW OTHER THINGS ALSO STRANGE THINGS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO WORDS AND THESE THINGS FRIGHTEN US SO ON THAT DAY OF THE SPRING BEFORE LAST UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO WERE STRICKEN WITH CONVULSIONS ON THE EDGE OF THE CITY NEAR THE CITY THEATRE WE LEFT THEM TO LIE IN THE SHADE OF THE THEATRE TENT AND WE WENT WITH INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT TO FINISH OUR WORK WE CAME TOGETHER TO THE GREAT RAVINE BEHIND THE THEATRE IT IS EMPTY SAVE FOR TREES AND WEEDS BEHIND THE RAVINE THERE IS A PLAIN AND BEHIND THE PLAIN THERE LIES THE UNCHARTED FOREST ABOUT WHICH MEN MUST NOT THINK WE WERE GATHERING THE PAPERS AND THE RAGS WHICH THE WIND HAD BLOWN FROM THE THEATRE WHEN WE SAW AN IRON BAR AMONG THE WEEDS IT WAS OLD AND RUSTED BY MANY RAINS" ], "begin_byte": 19229, "end_byte": 19461 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_01_rand_64kb_154", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_01_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 13.599, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "And if ever we surrender it, we shall surrender our life with it also.\" Then we saw that the eyes of International 4 8818 were full to the lids with tears they dared not drop.", "AND IF WE EVER SURRENDER IT WE SHALL SURRENDER OUR LIFE WITH IT ALSO THEN WE SAW THAT THE EYES OF INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT WERE FULL TO THE LIDS WITH TEARS THAT DARED NOT DROP" ], "pre_texts": [ "urned to the earth. International 4-8818 looked upon us and stepped back. “Equality 7-2521,” they said, “your face is white.” But we could not speak and we stood looking upon them. They backed away, as if they dared not touch us. Then they smiled, but it was not a gay smile; it was lost and pleading. But still we could not speak. Then they said: “We shall report our find to the City Council and both of us will be rewarded.” And then we spoke. Our voice was hard and there was no mercy in our voice. We said: “We shall not report our find to the City Council. We shall not report it to any men.” They raised their hands to their ears, for never had they heard such words as these. “International 4-8818,” we asked, “will you report us to the Council and see us lashed to death before your eyes?” They stood straight all of a sudden and they answered: “Rather would we die.” “Then,” we said, “keep silent. This place is ours. This place belongs to us, Equality 7-2521, and to no other men on earth.", "H INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT LOOKED UPON US AND STEPPED BACK EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TWO ONE THEY SAID YOUR FACE IS WHITE BUT WE COULD NOT SPEAK AND WE STOOD LOOKING UPON THEM THEY BACKED AWAY AS IF THEY DARED NOT TOUCH US THEN THEY SMILED BUT IT WAS NOT A GAY SMILE IT WAS LOST AND PLEADING BUT STILL WE COULD NOT SPEAK THEN THEY SAID WE SHALL REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOTH OF US WILL BE REWARDED AND THEN WE SPOKE OUR VOICE WAS HARD AND THERE WAS NO MERCY IN OUR VOICE WE SAID WE SHALL NOT REPORT OUR FINE TO THE CITY COUNCIL WE SHALL NOT REPORT IT TO ANY MEN THEY RAISED THEIR HANDS TO THEIR EARS FOR NEVER HAD THEY HEARD SUCH WORDS AS THESE INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT WE ASKED WILL YOU REPORT US TO THE COUNCIL AND SEE US LASHED TO DEATH BEFORE YOUR EYES THEY STOOD STRAIGHT OF A SUDDEN AND THEY ANSWERED RATHER WOULD WE DIE THEN WE SAID KEEP SILENT THIS PLACE IS OURS THIS PLACE BELONGS TO US EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE AND TO NO OTHER MEN ON EARTH" ], "begin_byte": 22761, "end_byte": 22936 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb_5", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.679, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "Then they asked: \"Are Street Sweepers sent to different parts of the City or do they always work in the same places?\" \"They always work in the same places,\" we answered, \"and no one will take this road away from us.\"", "THEN THEY ASKED ARE STREET SWEEPERS SENT TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY OR DO THEY ALWAYS WORK IN THE SAME PLACES THEY ALWAYS WORK IN THE SAME PLACES WE ANSWERED AND NO ONE WILL TAKE THIS ROAD AWAY FROM US" ], "pre_texts": [ " a hundred paces away down the road. And we thought that International 4-8818 would not betray us, and Union 5-3992 would not understand. So we looked straight upon the Golden One, and we saw the shadows of their lashes on their white cheeks and the sparks of sun on their lips. And we said: “You are beautiful, Liberty 5-3000.” Their face did not move and they did not avert their eyes. Only their eyes grew wider, and there was triumph in their eyes, and it was not triumph over us, but over things we could not guess. Then they asked: “What is your name?” “Equality 7-2521,” we answered. “You are not one of our brothers, Equality 7-2521, for we do not wish you to be.” We cannot say what they meant, for there are no words for their meaning, but we know it without words and we knew it then. “No,” we answered, “nor are you one of our sisters.” “If you see us among scores of women, will you look upon us?” “We shall look upon you, Liberty 5-3000, if we see you among all the women of the earth.”", "HAT INTERNATIONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT WOULD NOT BETRAY US AND UNION FIVE THREE NINE NINE TWO WOULD NOT UNDERSTAND SO WE LOOKED STRAIGHT UPON THE GOLDEN ONE AND WE SAW THE SHADOWS OF THEIR LASHES ON THEIR WHITE CHEEKS AND THE SPARKS OF SUN ON THEIR LIPS AND WE SAID YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND THEIR FACE DID NOT MOVE AND THEY DID NOT AVERT THEIR EYES ONLY THEIR EYES GREW WIDER AND THERE WAS A TRIUMPH IN THEIR EYES AND IT WAS NOT TRIUMPH OVER US BUT OVER THINGS WE COULD NOT GUESS THEN THEY ASKED WHAT IS YOUR NAME EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE WE ANSWERED YOU ARE NOT ONE OF OUR BROTHERS EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE FOR WE DO NOT WISH YOU TO BE WE CANNOT SAY WHAT THEY MEANT FOR THERE ARE NO WORDS FOR THEIR MEANING BUT WE KNEW IT WITHOUT WORDS AND WE KNEW IT THEN NO WE ANSWERED NOR ARE YOU ONE OF OUR SISTERS IF YOU COULD SEE AMONG SCORES OF WOMEN WILL YOU LOOK UPON US WE SHALL LOOK UPON YOU LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND IF WE SEE YOU AMONG ALL THE WOMEN OF THE EARTH" ], "begin_byte": 33287, "end_byte": 33503 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb_10", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.319, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We have seen one of such men burned alive in the square of the City. And it was a sight which has stayed with us through the years, and it haunts us, and follows us, and it gives us no rest.", "WE HAVE SEEN ONE OF SUCH MEN BURNED ALIVE IN THE SQUARE OF THE CITY AND IT WAS A SIGHT WHICH HAS STAYED WITH US THROUGH THE YEARS AND IT HAUNTS US AND FOLLOWS US AND IT GIVES US NO REST" ], "pre_texts": [ " and with them all the words of the Evil Ones. Great mountains of flame stood in the squares of the Cities for three months. Then came the Great Rebirth. The words of the Evil Ones... The words of the Unmentionable Times... What are the words which we have lost? May the Council have mercy upon us! We had no wish to write such a question, and we knew not what we were doing till we had written it. We shall not ask this question and we shall not think it. We shall not call death upon our head. And yet... And yet... There is some word, one single word which is not in the language of men, but which had been. And this is the Unspeakable Word, which no men may speak nor hear. But sometimes, and it is rare, sometimes, somewhere, one among men find that word. They find it upon scraps of old manuscripts or cut into the fragments of ancient stones. But when they speak it they are put to death. There is no crime punished by death in this world, save this one crime of speaking the Unspeakable Word.", " SCRIPS OF THE EVIL ONES WERE BURNED AND WITH THEM ALL THE WORDS OF THE EVIL ONES GREAT MOUNTAINS OF FLAME STOOD IN THE SQUARES OF THE CITY FOR THREE MONTHS THEN CAME THE GREAT REBIRTH THE WORDS OF THE EVIL ONES THE WORDS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES WHAT ARE THE WORDS WHICH WE HAVE LOST MAY THE COUNCIL HAVE MERCY UPON US WE HAD NO WISH TO WRITE SUCH A QUESTION AND WE KNEW NOT WHAT WE WERE DOING TILL WE HAD WRITTEN IT WE SHALL NOT ASK THIS QUESTION AND WE SHALL NOT THINK IT WE SHALL NOT CALL DEATH UPON OUR HEAD AND YET AND YET THERE IS SOME WORD ONE SINGLE WORD WHICH IS NOT IN THE LANGUAGE OF MEN BUT WHICH HAS BEEN AND THIS IS THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD WHICH NO MEN MAY SPEAK NOR HEAR BUT SOMETIMES AND IT IS RARE SOMETIMES SOMEWHERE ONE AMONG MEN FIND THAT WORD THEY FIND IT UPON SCRAPS OF OLD MANUSCRIPTS ARE CUT INTO THE FRAGMENTS OF ANCIENT STONES BUT WHEN THEY SPEAK IT THEY ARE PUT TO DEATH THERE IS NO CRIME PUNISHED BY DEATH IN THIS WORLD SAVE THIS ONE CRIME OF SPEAKING THE UNSPEAKABLE WORD" ], "begin_byte": 40533, "end_byte": 40723 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb_93", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_02_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 2.479, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We wish to write this name.", "WE WISH TO WRITE THIS NAME" ], "pre_texts": [ "an the hawk’s and clearer than rock crystal. Strange are the ways of evil. We are false in the faces of our brothers. We are defying the will of our Councils. We alone, of the thousands who walk this earth, we alone in this hour are doing a work which has no purpose save that we wish to do it. The evil of our crime is not for the human mind to probe. The nature of our punishment, if it be discovered, is not for the human heart to ponder. Never, not in the memory of the Ancient Ones’ Ancients, never have men done that which we are doing. And yet there is no shame in us and no regret. We say to ourselves that we are a wretch and a traitor. But we feel no burden upon our spirit and no fear in our heart. And it seems to us that our spirit is clear as a lake troubled by no eyes save those of the sun. And in our heart—strange are the ways of evil!—in our heart there is the first peace we have known in twenty years. PART TWO Liberty 5-3000... Liberty five-three thousand ... Liberty 5-3000....", " THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT L I B R I V O X DOT O WORK RECORDING BY CHERIE TERRYO ANTHEM BY AN RAN CHAPTER TWO LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND LIBERTY FIVE THREE THOUSAND" ], "begin_byte": 26661, "end_byte": 26688 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb_11", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.639, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "But we think that the Council of Scholars is blind. The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them. We know, for we have found a secret unknown to all our brothers.", "BUT WE THINK THAT THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS IS BLIND THE SECRETS OF THIS EARTH ARE NOT FOR ALL MEN TO SEE BUT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WILL SEEK THEM WE KNOW FOR WE HAVE FOUND A SECRET UNKNOWN TO ALL OUR BROTHERS" ], "pre_texts": [ "it seemed to us that the eyes of the Transgressor had chosen us from the crowd and were looking straight upon us. There was no pain in their eyes and no knowledge of the agony of their body. There was only joy in them, and pride, a pride holier than is fit for human pride to be. And it seemed as if these eyes were trying to tell us something through the flames, to send into our eyes some word without sound. And it seemed as if these eyes were begging us to gather that word and not to let it go from us and from the earth. But the flames rose and we could not guess the word.... What—even if we have to burn for it like the Saint of the Pyre—what is the Unspeakable Word? PART THREE We, Equality 7-2521, have discovered a new power of nature. And we have discovered it alone, and we alone are to know it. It is said. Now let us be lashed for it, if we must. The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all do not exist.", " THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION THAN TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY CHERIE TERRYO ANTHEM BY AN RAN CHAPTER THREE WE EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW POWER OF NATURE AND WE HAVE DISCOVERED IT ALONE AND WE ARE TO KNOW IT IT IS SAID NOW LET US BE LASHED FOR IT IF WE MUST THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS HAS SAID THAT WE ALL KNOW THE THINGS WHICH EXIST AND THEREFORE ALL THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT KNOWN BY ALL DO NOT EXIST" ], "begin_byte": 43138, "end_byte": 43347 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb_20", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 11.24, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "The frog had been hanging on a wire of copper; and it had been the metal of our knife which had sent the strange power to the copper through the brine of the frog's body.", "THE FROG HAD BEEN HANGING ON A WIRE OF COPPER AND IT HAD BEEN THE METAL OF OUR KNIFE WHICH HAD SENT A STRANGE POWER TO THE COPPER THROUGH THE BRINE OF THE FOG'SDY" ], "pre_texts": [ "—even if we have to burn for it like the Saint of the Pyre—what is the Unspeakable Word? PART THREE We, Equality 7-2521, have discovered a new power of nature. And we have discovered it alone, and we alone are to know it. It is said. Now let us be lashed for it, if we must. The Council of Scholars has said that we all know the things which exist and therefore the things which are not known by all do not exist. But we think that the Council of Scholars is blind. The secrets of this earth are not for all men to see, but only for those who will seek them. We know, for we have found a secret unknown to all our brothers. We know not what this power is nor whence it comes. But we know its nature, we have watched it and worked with it. We saw it first two years ago. One night, we were cutting open the body of a dead frog when we saw its leg jerking. It was dead, yet it moved. Some power unknown to men was making it move. We could not understand it. Then, after many tests, we found the answer.", " HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY CHERIE TERRYO ANTHEM BY AN RAN CHAPTER THREE WE EQUALITY SEVEN TWO FIVE TO ONE HAVE DISCOVERED A NEW POWER OF NATURE AND WE HAVE DISCOVERED IT ALONE AND WE ARE TO KNOW IT IT IS SAID NOW LET US BE LASHED FOR IT IF WE MUST THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS HAS SAID THAT WE ALL KNOW THE THINGS WHICH EXIST AND THEREFORE ALL THE THINGS WHICH ARE NOT KNOWN BY ALL DO NOT EXIST BUT WE THINK THAT THE COUNCIL OF SCHOLARS IS BLIND THE SECRETS OF THIS EARTH ARE NOT FOR ALL MEN TO SEE BUT ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WILL SEEK THEM WE KNOW FOR WE HAVE FOUND A SECRET UNKNOWN TO ALL OUR BROTHERS WE KNOW NOT WHAT THIS POWER IS NOR WHENCE IT COMES BUT WE KNOW IT IS NATURE WE HAVE WATCHED IT AND WORKED WITH IT WE SAW IT FIRST TWO YEARS AGO ONE NIGHT WE WERE CUTTING OPEN THE BODY OF A DEAD FROG WHEN WE SAW ITS LEG JERKING IT WAS DEAD YET IT MOVED SOME POWER UNKNOWN TO MEN WAS MAKING IT MOVE WE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND IT THEN AFTER MANY TESTS WE FOUND THE ANSWER" ], "begin_byte": 43725, "end_byte": 43895 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb_23", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_03_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.839, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We do not care. We forget all men, all laws and all things save our metals and our wires. So much is still to be learned! So long a road lies before us, and what care we if we must travel it alone!", "WE DO NOT CARE WE FORGET ALL MEN ALL LAWS AND ALL THINGS SAVE OUR METALS AND OUR WIRES SO MUCH IS STILL TO BE LEARNED SO LONG A ROAD LIES BEFORE US AND WHAT CARE WE IF WE MUST TRAVEL IT ALONE END" ], "pre_texts": [ "ires which we found here under the ground. We have walked the length of our tunnel, with a candle lighting the way. We could go no farther than half a mile, for earth and rock had fallen at both ends. But we gathered all the things we found and we brought them to our work place. We found strange boxes with bars of metal inside, with many cords and strands and coils of metal. We found wires that led to strange little globes of glass on the walls; they contained threads of metal thinner than a spider’s web. These things help us in our work. We do not understand them, but we think that the men of the Unmentionable Times had known our power of the sky, and these things had some relation to it. We do not know, but we shall learn. We cannot stop now, even though it frightens us that we are alone in our knowledge. No single one can possess greater wisdom than the many Scholars who are elected by all men for their wisdom. Yet we can. We do. We have fought against saying it, but now it is said.", "E USED IT FOR THE COPPER WIRES WHICH WE FOUND HERE UNDER THE GROUND WE HAVE WALKED THE LENGTH OF OUR TUNNEL WITH A CANDLE LIGHTING THE WAY WE COULD GO NO FURTHER THAN HALF A MILE FOR EARTH AND ROCK HAD FALLEN AT BOTH ENDS BUT WE GATHERED ALL THE THINGS WE FOUND AND WE BROUGHT THEM TO OUR WORK PLACE WE FOUND STRANGE BOXES WITH BARS OF METAL INSIDE WITH MANY CORDS AND STRANDS AND COILS OF METAL WE FOUND WIRES THAT LED TO STRANGE LITTLE GLOBES OF GLASS ON THE WALLS THEY CONTAINED THREADS OF METAL THINNER THAN A SPIDER'S WEB THESE THINGS HELP US IN OUR WORK WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THEM BUT WE THINK THAT THE MEN OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES HAD KNOWN OUR POWER OF THE SKY AND THESE THINGS HAD SOME RELATION TO IT WE DO NOT KNOW BUT WE SHALL LEARN WE CANNOT STOP NOW EVEN THOUGH IT FRIGHTENS US THAT WE ARE ALONE IN OUR KNOWLEDGE NO SINGLE ONE CAN POSSESS GREATER WISDOM THAN THE MANY SCHOLARS WHO ARE ELECTED BY ALL MEN FOR THEIR WISDOM YET WE CAN WE DO HAVE FOUGHT AGAINST SAYING IT BUT NOW IT IS SAID" ], "begin_byte": 46089, "end_byte": 46286 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_05_rand_64kb_6", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_05_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 16.199, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We stood, and we held our head in our hands. We could not conceive of that which we had created. We had touched no flint, made no fire. Yet here was light, light that came from nowhere, light from the heart of metal.", "WE STOOD AND WE HELD OUR HEAD IN OUR HANDS WE COULD NOT CONCEIVE OF THAT WHICH WE HAD CREATED WE HAD TOUCHED NO FLINT MADE NO FIRE YET THERE WAS LIGHT LIGHT THAT CAME FROM NOWHERE LIGHT FROM THE HEART OF METAL" ], "pre_texts": [ "to understand it. And the Golden One stepped back, and stood looking upon their hands in wonder. Then the Golden One moved away, even though no others were coming, and they moved, stepping back, as if they could not turn from us, their arms bent before them, as if they could not lower their hands. PART FIVE We made it. We created it. We brought it forth from the night of the ages. We alone. Our hands. Our mind. Ours alone and only. We know not what we are saying. Our head is reeling. We look upon the light which we have made. We shall be forgiven for anything we say tonight.... Tonight, after more days and trials than we can count, we finished building a strange thing, from the remains of the Unmentionable Times, a box of glass, devised to give forth the power of the sky of greater strength than we had ever achieved before. And when we put our wires to this box, when we closed the current—the wire glowed! It came to life, it turned red, and a circle of light lay on the stone before us.", " THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION THAN TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIEBRAVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY SHERIE TARRYO ANTHEM BY ANRAND CHAPTER FIVE WE MADE IT WE CREATED IT WE BROUGHT IT FORTH FROM THE NIGHT OF THE AGES WE ALONE OUR HANDS OUR MIND OURS ALONE AND ONLY WE KNOW NOT WHAT WE ARE SAYING OUR HEAD IS REELING WE LOOK UPON THE LIGHT WHICH WE HAD MADE WE SHALL BE FORGIVEN FOR ANYTHING WE SAY TO NIGHT TO NIGHT AFTER MORE DAYS AND TRIALS THAN WE CAN COUNT WE FINISH BUILDING A STRANGE THING FROM THE REMAINS OF THE UNMENTIONABLE TIMES A BOX OF GLASS DEVISED TO GIVE FORTH THE POWER OF THE SKY OF GREATER STRENGTH THAN WE HAD EVER ACHIEVED BEFORE AND WHEN WE PUT OUR WIRES TO THIS BOX WHEN WE CLOSED THE CURRENT THE WIRE GLOWED IT CAME TO LIFE IT TURNED RED AND A CIRCLE OF LIGHT LAY ON THE STONE BEFORE US" ], "begin_byte": 49777, "end_byte": 49993 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_07_rand_64kb_29", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_07_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 13.2, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "Only the glass box in our arms is like a living heart that gives us strength. We have lied to ourselves. We have not built this box for the good of our brothers.", "ONLY THE GLASS BOX IN OUR ARMS IS LIKE A LIVING HEART THAT GIVES US STRENGTH WE HAVE LIED TO OURSELVES WE HAVE NOT BUILT THIS BOX FOR THE GOOD OF OUR BROTHERS" ], "pre_texts": [ "legs had carried our wisdom, and our legs had brought us to the Uncharted Forest against our will. Our glass box lay beside us. We crawled to it, we fell upon it, our face in our arms, and we lay still. We lay thus for a long time. Then we rose, we took our box and walked on into the forest. It mattered not where we went. We knew that men would not follow us, for they never enter the Uncharted Forest. We had nothing to fear from them. The forest disposes of its own victims. This gave us no fear either. Only we wished to be away, away from the City and from the air that touches upon the air of the City. So we walked on, our box in our arms, our heart empty. We are doomed. Whatever days are left to us, we shall spend them alone. And we have heard of the corruption to be found in solitude. We have torn ourselves from the truth which is our brother men, and there is no road back for us, and no redemption. We know these things, but we do not care. We care for nothing on earth. We are tired.", " HAD NOT THOUGHT OF COMING HERE BUT OUR LEGS HAD CARRIED OUR WISDOM AND OUR LEGS HAD BROUGHT US TO THE UNCHARTED FOREST AGAINST OUR WILL OUR GLASS BOX LAY BESIDE US WE CRAWLED TO IT WE FELL UPON IT OUR FACE IN OUR ARMS AND WE LAY STILL WE LAY THUS FOR A LONG TIME THEN WE ROSE WE TOOK OUR BOX AND WALKED ON INTO THE FOREST IT MATTERED NOT WHERE WE WENT WE KNEW THAT MEN WOULD NOT FOLLOW US FOR THEY NEVER ENTERED THE UNCHARTED FOREST WE HAD NOTHING TO FEAR FROM THEM THE FOREST DISPOSES OF ITS OWN VICTIMS THIS GAVE US NO FEAR EITHER ONLY WE WISHED TO BE AWAY FROM THE CITY AND THE AIR THAT TOUCHES UPON THE AIR OF THE CITY SO WE WALKED ON OUR BOX IN OUR ARMS OUR HEART EMPTY WE ARE DOOMED WHATEVER DAYS ARE LEFT TO US WE SHALL SPEND THEM ALONE AND WE HAVE HEARD OF THE CORRUPTION TO BE FOUND IN SOLITUDE WE HAVE TORN OURSELVES FROM THE TRUTH WHICH IS OUR BROTHER MEN AND THERE IS NO ROAD BACK FOR US AND NO REDEMPTION WE KNOW THESE THINGS BUT WE DO NOT CARE WE CARE FOR NOTHING ON EARTH WE ARE TIRED" ], "begin_byte": 67000, "end_byte": 67161 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_08_rand_64kb_27", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_08_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 4.919, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "We could also rise, or run, or leap, or fall down again.", "WE COULD ALSO RISE OR RUN OR LEAP OR FALL DOWN AGAIN" ], "pre_texts": [ " fangs awaiting us somewhere among the great, silent trees. There is not a thing behind us to regret. Then a blow of pain struck us, our first and our only. We thought of the Golden One. We thought of the Golden One whom we shall never see again. Then the pain passed. It is best. We are one of the Damned. It is best if the Golden One forget our name and the body which bore that name. PART EIGHT It has been a day of wonder, this, our first day in the forest. We awoke when a ray of sunlight fell across our face. We wanted to leap to our feet, as we have had to leap every morning of our life, but we remembered suddenly that no bell had rung and that there was no bell to ring anywhere. We lay on our back, we threw our arms out, and we looked up at the sky. The leaves had edges of silver that trembled and rippled like a river of green and fire flowing high above us. We did not wish to move. We thought suddenly that we could lie thus as long as we wished, and we laughed aloud at the thought.", " THIS IS A LIBERVOX RECORDING ALL LIBERVOX RECORDINGS OR IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO FIND OUT HOW YOU CAN VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBRAVOX DOT ORK L I B R I VO X DOT ORK RECORDING B SHERIE TERRIO ANTHEM BA ANRAN CHAPTER EIGHT IT HAS BEEN A DAY OF WONDER THIS OUR FIRST DAY IN THE FOREST WE AWOKE WHEN A RAY OF SUNLIGHT FELL ACROSS OUR FACE WE WANTED TO LEAP TO OUR FEET AS WE HAVE HAD TO LEAP TO OUR FEET EVERY MORNING OF OUR LIFE BUT WE REMEMBERED SUDDENLY THAT NO BELL HAD RUNG AND THERE WAS NO BELL TO RING ANYWHERE WE LAY ON OUR BACK WE THREW OUR ARMS OUT AND WE LOOKED UP AT THE SKY THE LEAVES HAD EDGES OF SILVER THAT TREMBLED AND RIPPLED LIKE A RIVER OF GREEN AND FIRE FLOWING HIGH ABOVE US WE DID NOT WISH TO MOVE WE THOUGHT SUDDENLY THAT WE COULD LIE THUS AS LONG AS WE WISHED AND WE LAUGHED ALOUD AT THE THOUGHT" ], "begin_byte": 68337, "end_byte": 68393 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_12_rand_64kb_13", "recording_id": "large/948/anthem_librivox_64kb_mp3/anthem_12_rand_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 10.88, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "948", "custom": { "texts": [ "At first, man was enslaved by the gods. But he broke their chains. Then he was enslaved by the kings. But he broke their chains.", "AT FIRST MAN WAS ENSLAVED BY THE GODS BUT HE BROKE THEIR CHAINS THEN HE WAS ENSLAVED BY THE KINGS BUT HE BROKE THEIR CHAINS" ], "pre_texts": [ "s no name save International 4-8818, and all those like him, Fraternity 2-5503, who cries without reason, and Solidarity 9-6347 who calls for help in the night, and a few others. I shall call to me all the men and the women whose spirit has not been killed within them and who suffer under the yoke of their brothers. They will follow me and I shall lead them to my fortress. And here, in this uncharted wilderness, I and they, my chosen friends, my fellow-builders, shall write the first chapter in the new history of man. These are the things before me. And as I stand here at the door of glory, I look behind me for the last time. I look upon the history of men, which I have learned from the books, and I wonder. It was a long story, and the spirit which moved it was the spirit of man’s freedom. But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man’s freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. That and nothing else.", "ONAL FOUR EIGHT EIGHT ONE EIGHT AND ALL THOSE LIKE HIM FRATERNITY TWO FIVE FIVE O THREE WHO CRIES WITHOUT REASON IN SOLIDARITY NINE SIX THREE FOUR SEVEN WHO CALLS FOR HELP IN THE NIGHT AND A FEW OTHERS I SHALL CALL TO ME ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHOSE SPIRIT HAS NOT BEEN KILLED WITHIN THEM AND WHO SUFFER UNDER THE YOKE OF THEIR BROTHERS THEY WILL FOLLOW ME AND I SHALL LEAD THEM TO MY FORTRESS AND HERE IN THIS UNCHARTED WILDERNESS I AND THEY MY CHOSEN FRIENDS MY FELLOW BUILDERS SHALL WRITE THE FIRST CHAPTER IN THE NEW HISTORY OF MAN THESE ARE THE LAST THINGS BEFORE ME AND AS I STAND HERE AT THE DOOR OF GLORY I LOOK BEHIND ME FOR THE LAST TIME I LOOK UPON THE HISTORY OF MEN WHICH I HAVE LEARNED FROM THE BOOKS AND I WONDER IT WAS A LONG STORY AND THE SPIRIT WHICH MOVED IT WAS THE SPIRIT OF MAN'S FREEDOM BUT WHAT IS FREEDOM FREEDOM FROM WHAT THERE IS NOTHING TO TAKE A MAN'S FREEDOM AWAY FROM HIM SAVE OTHER MEN TO BE FREE A MAN MUST BE FREE OF HIS BROTHERS THAT IS FREEDOM THAT AND NOTHING ELSE" ], "begin_byte": 93723, "end_byte": 93851 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb_0", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 8.079, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I have always wished to kill a cougar as I did this one, with dogs and the knife.", "I HAVE ALWAYS WISHED TO KILL A COUGAR AS I DID THIS ONE WITH DOGS AND THE KNIFE" ], "pre_texts": [ "erever it was possible for the horses to get footing. As we plunged and scrambled down towards the noise, one of my companions, Phil Stewart, stopped us while he took a kodak of a rabbit which sat unconcernedly right beside our path. Soon we saw the lion in a treetop, with two of the dogs so high up among the branches that he was striking at them. He was more afraid of us than of the dogs, and as soon as he saw us he took a great flying leap and was off, the pack close behind. In a few hundred yards they had him up another tree. Here I could have shot him (Tony climbed almost up to him, and then fell twenty feet out of the tree), but waited for Stewart to get a photo; and he jumped again. This time, after a couple of hundred yards, the dogs caught him, and a great fight followed. They could have killed him by themselves, but he bit or clawed four of them, and for fear he might kill one I ran in and stabbed him behind the shoulder, thrusting the knife you loaned me right into his heart.", "SLOPES AND ALONG THE CREST WHEREVER IT WAS POSSIBLE FOR THE HORSES TO GET FOOTING AS WE PLUNGED AND SCRAMBLED DOWN TOWARDS THE NOISE ONE OF MY COMPANIONS PHIL STEWART STOPPED US WHILE HE TOOK A KODAK OF A RABBIT WHICH SAT UNCONCERNEDLY RIGHT BESIDE OUR PATH SOON WE SAW THE LION IN A TREE TOP WITH TWO OF THE DOGS SO HIGH UP AMONG THE BRANCHES THAT HE WAS STRIKING AT THEM HE WAS MORE AFRAID OF US THAN OF THE DOGS AND AS SOON AS HE SAW US HE TOOK A GREAT FLYING LEAP AND WAS OFF THE PACK CLOSE BEHIND IN A FEW HUNDRED YARDS THEY HAD HIM UP ANOTHER TREE HERE I COULD HAVE SHOT HIM TONY CLIMBED ALMOST UP TO HIM AND THEN FELL TWENTY FEET OUT OF THE TREE BUT WAITED FOR STEWART TO GET A PHOTO AND HE JUMPED AGAIN THIS TIME AFTER A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS THE DOGS CAUGHT HIM AND A GREAT FIGHT FOLLOWED THEY COULD HAVE KILLED HIM BY THEMSELVES BUT HE BIT OR CLAWED FOUR OF THEM AND FOR FEAR HE MIGHT KILL ONE I RAN IN AND STABBED HIM BEHIND THE SHOULDER THRUSTING THE KNIFE YOU LOAN ME RIGHT INTO HIS HEART" ], "begin_byte": 17974, "end_byte": 18055 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb_12", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.48, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "At this moment a large hound and a small half breed bull dog, both of whom were quite badly wounded this morning by a cougar, are shoving their noses into my lap to be petted, and humming defiance to one another.", "AT THIS MOMENT A LARGE HOUND AND A SMALL HALF BREED BULLDOG BOTH OF WHOM WERE QUITE BADLY WOUNDED THIS MORNING BY A COUGAR ARE SHOVING THEIR NOSES INTO MY LAP TO BE PETTED AND HUMMING DEFIANCE TO ONE ANOTHER" ], "pre_texts": [ "r Stewart to get a photo; and he jumped again. This time, after a couple of hundred yards, the dogs caught him, and a great fight followed. They could have killed him by themselves, but he bit or clawed four of them, and for fear he might kill one I ran in and stabbed him behind the shoulder, thrusting the knife you loaned me right into his heart. I have always wished to kill a cougar as I did this one, with dogs and the knife. DOGS THAT CLIMB TREES Keystone Ranch, Jan. 18, 1901. DARLING LITTLE ETHEL: I have had great fun. Most of the trip neither you nor Mother nor Sister would enjoy; but you would all of you be immensely amused with the dogs. There are eleven all told, but really only eight do very much hunting. These eight are all scarred with the wounds they have received this very week in battling with the cougars and lynxes, and they are always threatening to fight one another; but they are as affectionate toward men (and especially toward me, as I pet them) as our own home dogs.", "T WAITED FOR STEWART TO GET A PHOTO AND HE JUMPED AGAIN THIS TIME AFTER A COUPLE HUNDRED YARDS THE DOGS CAUGHT HIM AND A GREAT FIGHT FOLLOWED THEY COULD HAVE KILLED HIM BY THEMSELVES BUT HE BIT OR CLAWED FOUR OF THEM AND FOR FEAR HE MIGHT KILL ONE I RAN IN AND STABBED HIM BEHIND THE SHOULDER THRUSTING THE KNIFE YOU LOAN ME RIGHT INTO HIS HEART I HAVE ALWAYS WISHED TO KILL A COUGAR AS I DID THIS ONE WITH DOGS AND THE KNIFE DOGS THAT CLIMB TREES KEYSTONE RANCH JANUARY EIGHTEENTH NINETEEN O ONE DARLING LITTLE ETHEL I HAVE HAD GREAT FUN MOST OF THE TRIP NEITHER YOU NOR MOTHER NOR SISTER WOULD ENJOY BUT YOU WOULD ALL OF YOU BE IMMENSELY AMUSED WITH THE DOGS THERE ARE ELEVEN ALL TOLD BUT REALLY ONLY EIGHT DO VERY MUCH HUNTING THESE EIGHT ARE ALL SCARRED WITH THE WOUNDS THEY HAVE RECEIVED THIS VERY WEEK IN BATTLING WITH THE COUGARS AND LYNXES AND THEY ARE ALWAYS THREATENING TO FIGHT ONE ANOTHER BUT THEY ARE AS AFFECTIONATE TOWARD MEN AND ESPECIALLY TOWARD ME AS I PET THEM AS OUR OWN HOME DOGS" ], "begin_byte": 18625, "end_byte": 18837 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb_32", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_03_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 21.04, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "THE PIG NAMED MAUDE Keystone Ranch, Jan. 29, 1901 DARLING LITTLE ETHEL: You would be much amused with the animals round the ranch. The most thoroughly independent and self possessed of them is a large white pig which we have christened Maude.", "THE PIG NAMED MAUD KEYSTONE RANCH JANUARY TWENTY NINTH NINETEEN O ONE DARLING LITTLE ETHEL YOU WOULD BE MUCH AMUSED WITH THE ANIMALS ROUND THE RANCH THE MOST THOROUGHLY INDEPENDENT AND SELF POSSESSED OF THEM IS A LARGE WHITE PIG WHICH WE HAVE CHRISTENED MAUD" ], "pre_texts": [ "d this morning by a cougar, are shoving their noses into my lap to be petted, and humming defiance to one another. They are on excellent terms with the ranch cat and kittens. The three chief fighting dogs, who do not follow the trail, are the most affectionate of all, and, moreover, they climb trees! Yesterday we got a big lynx in the top of a pinon tree--a low, spreading kind of pine--about thirty feet tall. Turk, the bloodhound, followed him up, and after much sprawling actually got to the very top, within a couple of feet of him. Then, when the lynx was shot out of the tree, Turk, after a short scramble, took a header down through the branches, landing with a bounce on his back. Tony, one of the half-breed bull-dogs, takes such headers on an average at least once for every animal we put up a tree. We have nice little horses which climb the most extraordinary places you can imagine. Get Mother to show you some of Gustave Dore's trees; the trees on these mountains look just like them.", "F WHOM WERE QUITE BADLY WOUNDED THIS MORNING BY A COUGAR ARE SHOVING THEIR NOSES INTO MY LAP TO BE PETTED AND HUMMING DEFIANCE TO ONE ANOTHER THEY ARE ON EXCELLENT TERMS WITH THE RANCH CAT AND KITTENS THE THREE CHIEF FIGHTING DOGS WHO DO NOT FOLLOW THE TRAIL ARE THE MOST AFFECTIONATE OF ALL AND MOREOVER THEY CLIMB TREES YESTERDAY WE GOT A BIG LYNX IN THE TOP OF A PINON TREE A LOW SPREADING KIND OF PINE ABOUT THIRTY FEET TALL TURK THE BLOODHOUND FOLLOWED HIM UP AND AFTER MUCH SPRAWLING ACTUALLY GOT TO THE VERY TOP WITHIN A COUPLE OF FEET OF HIM THEN WHEN THE LYNX WAS SHOT OUT OF THE TREE TURK AFTER A SHORT SCRAMBLE TOOK A HEADER DOWN THROUGH THE BRANCHES LANDING WITH A BOUNCE ON HIS BACK TONY ONE OF THE HALF BREED BULLDOGS TAKES SUCH HEADERS ON AN AVERAGE AT LEAST ONCE FOR EVERY ANIMAL WE PUT UP A TREE WE HAVE NICE LITTLE HORSES WHICH CLIMB THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY PLACES YOU CAN IMAGINE GET MOTHER TO SHOW YOU SOME OF GUSTAVE D'ORAY'S TREES THE TREES ON THESE MOUNTAINS LOOK JUST LIKE THEM" ], "begin_byte": 19724, "end_byte": 19966 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_04_roosevelt_64kb_14", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_04_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.639, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion.", "I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN GOING HARD AT EVERYTHING WHETHER IT IS LATIN OR MATHEMATICS BOXING OR FOOTBALL BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO KEEP THE SENSE OF PROPORTION" ], "pre_texts": [ " amused with the animals round the ranch. The most thoroughly independent and self-possessed of them is a large white pig which we have christened Maude. She goes everywhere at her own will; she picks up scraps from the dogs, who bay dismally at her, but know they have no right to kill her; and then she eats the green alfalfa hay from the two milch cows who live in the big corral with the horses. One of the dogs has just had a litter of puppies; you would love them, with their little wrinkled noses and squeaky voices. ADVICE AND NEWS Oyster Bay, May 7th, 1901 BLESSED TED: It was the greatest fun seeing you, and I really had a satisfactory time with you, and came away feeling that you were doing well. I am entirely satisfied with your standing, both in your studies and in athletics. I want you to do well in your sports, and I want even more to have you do well with your books; but I do not expect you to stand first in either, if so to stand could cause you overwork and hurt your health.", " SECTION FOUR OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSAC ADVICE AND NEWS OYSTER BAY MAY SEVENTH NINETEEN O ONE BLESSED TED IT WAS THE GREATEST FUN SEEING YOU AND I REALLY HAD A SATISFACTORY TIME WITH YOU AND CAME AWAY FEELING THAT YOU WERE DOING WELL I AM ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH YOUR STANDING BOTH IN YOUR STUDIES AND IN ATHLETICS I WANT YOU TO DO WELL IN YOUR SPORTS AND I WANT EVEN MORE TO HAVE YOU DO WELL WITH YOUR BOOKS BUT I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO STAND FIRST IN EITHER IF SO TO STAND COULD CAUSE YOU OVERWORK AND HURT YOUR HEALTH" ], "begin_byte": 20814, "end_byte": 20976 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_04_roosevelt_64kb_19", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_04_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.199, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I should be rather sorry to see you drop too near the middle of your class, because, as you cannot enter college until you are nineteen, and will therefore be a year later in entering life, I want you to be prepared in the best possible way, so as to make up for the delay.", "I SHOULD BE RATHER SORRY TO SEE YOU DROP TOO NEAR THE MIDDLE OF YOUR CLASS BECAUSE AS YOU CANNOT ENTER COLLEGE UNTIL YOU ARE NINETEEN AND WILL THEREFORE BE A YEAR LATER IN ENTERING LIFE I WANT YOU TO BE PREPARED IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY SO AS TO MAKE UP FOR THE DELAY" ], "pre_texts": [ " away feeling that you were doing well. I am entirely satisfied with your standing, both in your studies and in athletics. I want you to do well in your sports, and I want even more to have you do well with your books; but I do not expect you to stand first in either, if so to stand could cause you overwork and hurt your health. I always believe in going hard at everything, whether it is Latin or mathematics, boxing or football, but at the same time I want to keep the sense of proportion. It is never worth while to absolutely exhaust one's self or to take big chances unless for an adequate object. I want you to keep in training the faculties which would make you, if the need arose, able to put your last ounce of pluck and strength into a contest. But I do not want you to squander these qualities. To have you play football as well as you do, and make a good name in boxing and wrestling, and be cox of your second crew, and stand second or third in your class in the studies, is all right.", "TIME WITH YOU AND CAME AWAY FEELING THAT YOU WERE DOING WELL I AM ENTIRELY SATISFIED WITH YOUR STANDING BOTH IN YOUR STUDIES AND IN ATHLETICS I WANT YOU TO DO WELL IN YOUR SPORTS AND I WANT EVEN MORE TO HAVE YOU DO WELL WITH YOUR BOOKS BUT I DO NOT EXPECT YOU TO STAND FIRST IN EITHER IF SO TO STAND COULD CAUSE YOU OVERWORK AND HURT YOUR HEALTH I ALWAYS BELIEVE IN GOING HARD AT EVERYTHING WHETHER IT IS LATIN OR MATHEMATICS BOXING OR FOOTBALL BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT TO KEEP THE SENSE OF PROPORTION IT IS NEVER WORTH WHILE TO ABSOLUTELY EXHAUST ONESELF OR TO TAKE BIG CHANCES UNLESS FOR AN ADEQUATE OBJECT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN TRAINING THE FACULTIES WHICH WOULD MAKE YOU IF THE NEED AROSE ABLE TO PUT YOUR LAST OUNCE OF PLUCK AND STRENGTH INTO A CONTEST BUT I DO NOT WANT YOU TO SQUANDER THESE QUALITIES TO HAVE YOU PLAY FOOTBALL AS WELL AS YOU DO AND MAKE A GOOD NAME IN BOXING AND WRESTLING AND BE COCKS OF YOUR SECOND CREW AND STAND SECOND OR THIRD IN YOUR CLASS IN THE STUDIES IS ALL RIGHT" ], "begin_byte": 21484, "end_byte": 21757 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_05_roosevelt_64kb_10", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_05_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 7.719, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "We very much wished for you while we were at the (Buffalo) Exposition. By night it was especially beautiful.", "WE VERY MUCH WISHED FOR YOU WHILE WE WERE AT THE BUFFALO EXPOSITION BY NIGHT IT WAS ESPECIALLY BEAUTIFUL" ], "pre_texts": [ "roll them over on the bed and tickle and \"grabble\" in them. However, it has proved rather too exciting, and an edict has gone forth that hereafter I must play bear with them before supper, and give up the play when they have gone to bed. To-day was Archie's birthday, and Quentin resented Archie's having presents while he (Quentin) had none. With the appalling frankness of three years old, he remarked with great sincerity that \"it made him miserable,\" and when taken to task for his lack of altruistic spirit he expressed an obviously perfunctory repentance and said: \"Well, boys must lend boys things, at any rate!\" INCIDENTS OF HOME-COMING Oyster Bay, May 31st, 1901. BLESSED TED: I enclose some Filipino Revolutionary postage stamps. Maybe some of the boys would like them. Have you made up your mind whether you would like to try shooting the third week in August or the last week in July, or would you rather wait until you come back when I can find out something more definite from Mr. Post?", " SECTION FIVE OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG INCIDENTS OF HOME COMING OYSTER BAY MAY THIRTY FIRST NINETEEN O ONE BLESSED TAD I INCLOSE SOME FILIPINO REVOLUTIONARY POSTAGE STAMPS MAYBE SOME OF THE BOYS WOULD LIKE THEM HAVE YOU MADE UP YOUR MIND WHETHER YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY SHOOTING THE THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST OR THE LAST WEEK IN JULY OR WOULD YOU RATHER WAIT UNTIL YOU COME BACK WHEN I CAN FIND OUT SOMETHING MORE DEFINITE FOR MISTER POST" ], "begin_byte": 25438, "end_byte": 25546 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_06_roosevelt_64kb_4", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_06_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 3.799, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "Your father's friend, THEODORE ROOSEVELT.", "YOUR FATHER'S FRIEND THEODORE ROOSEVELT" ], "pre_texts": [ "!\" This seemed to warrant investigation; but it turned out he meant barn swallows skimming the water. The President not only sent \"picture letters\" to his own children, but an especial one to Miss Sarah Schuyler Butler, daughter of Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, President of Columbia University, who had written to him a little note of congratulation on his first birthday in the White House. White House, Nov. 3d, 1901. DEAR LITTLE MISS SARAH, I liked your birthday note _very_ much; and my children say I should draw you two pictures in return. We have a large blue macaw--Quentin calls him a polly-parrot--who lives in the greenhouse, and is very friendly, but makes queer noises. He eats bread, potatoes, and coffee grains. The children have a very cunning pony. He is a little pet, like a dog, but he plays tricks on them when they ride him. He bucked Ethel over his head the other day. Your father will tell you that these are pictures of the UNPOLISHED STONE PERIOD. Give my love to your mother.", "S TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIBER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG THE PRESIDENT NOT ONLY SENT PICTURE LETTERS TO HIS OWN CHILDREN BUT AN ESPECIAL ONE TO MISS SARAH SCHUYLER BUTLER DAUGHTER OF DOCTOR NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WHO HAD WRITTEN TO HIM A LITTLE NOTE OF CONGRATULATION ON HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE HOUSE NOVEMBER THIRD NINETEEN O ONE DEAR LITTLE MISS SARAH I LIKE YOUR BIRTHDAY KNOW VERY MUCH AND MY CHILDREN SAY I SHOULD DRAW YOU TWO PICTURES IN RETURN WE HAVE A LARGE BLUE MACALL QUINTON CALLS HIM A POLLY PARROT WHO LIVES IN THE GREEN HOUSE AND IS VERY FRIENDLY BUT MAKES QUEER NOISES HE EATS BREAD POTATOES AND COFFEE GRAINS THE CHILDREN HAVE A VERY CUNNING PONY HE HAS A LITTLE PET LIKE A DOG BUT HE PLAYS TRICKS ON THEM WHEN THEY RIDE HIM HE BUCKED ETHEL OVER HIS HEAD THE OTHER DAY YOUR FATHER WILL TELL YOU THAT THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE UNPOLISHED STONE PERIOD GIVE MY LOVE TO YOUR MOTHER" ], "begin_byte": 28411, "end_byte": 28452 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_12_roosevelt_64kb_2", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_12_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.28, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "DARLING ETHEL: I have thought it very good of you to write me so much. Of course I am feeling rather fagged, and the next four days, which will include San Francisco, will be tiresome; but I am very well.", "DARLING ETHEL I HAVE THOUGHT IT VERY GOOD OF YOU TO WRITE ME SO MUCH OF COURSE I AM FEELING RATHER FAGGED AND THE NEXT FOUR DAYS WHICH WILL INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE TIRESOME BUT I AM VERY WELL" ], "pre_texts": [ "Loeb. I left Mother lying on the sofa and reading aloud to Quentin, who as usual has hung himself over the back of the sofa in what I should personally regard as an exceedingly uncomfortable attitude to listen to literature. Archie we shall not see until this evening, when he will suddenly challenge me either to a race or a bear play, and if neither invitation is accepted will then propose that I tell a pig story or else read aloud from the Norse folk tales. A FAR WESTERN TRIP In April, 1903, President Roosevelt made a trip to the Pacific Coast, visiting Yellowstone Park and the Grand Canyon of Arizona. TAME WILD CREATURES Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, April 16, 1903. DARLING ETHEL: I wish you could be here and see how tame all the wild creatures are. As I write a dozen of deer have come down to the parade grounds, right in front of the house, to get the hay; they are all looking at the bugler, who has begun to play the \"retreat.\" WESTERN CUSTOMS AND SCENERY Del Monte, Cal., May 10, 1903.", " SECTION TWELVE OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG A FAR WESTERN TRIP IN APRIL NINETEEN O THREE PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT MADE A TRIP TO THE PACIFIC COAST VISITING YELLOWSTONE PARK AND THE GRAND CANYON OF ARIZONA TAME WILD CREATURES YELLOWSTONE PARK WYOMING APRIL SIXTEENTH NINETEEN O THREE DARLING ETHEL I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE AND SEE HOW TAME ALL THE WILD CREATURES ARE AS I WRITE A DOZEN DEER HAVE COME DOWN TO THE PARADE GROUNDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO GET THE HAY THEY ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE BUGLER WHO HAS BEGUN TO PLAY THE RETREAT WESTERN CUSTOMS AND SCENERY DOMINTE CALIFORNIA MAY TENTH NINETEEN O THREE" ], "begin_byte": 38721, "end_byte": 38925 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_12_roosevelt_64kb_8", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_12_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 30.08, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "We had some splendid gallops. By the way, tell mother that everywhere out here, from the Mississippi to the Pacific, I have seen most of the girls riding astride, and most of the grown up women. I must say I think it very much better for the horses' backs. I think by the time that you are an old lady the side saddle will almost have vanished I am sure I hope so. I have forgotten whether you like the side saddle or not.", "WE HAD SOME SPLENDID GALLOPS BY THE WAY TELL MOTHER THAT EVERYWHERE OUT HERE FROM THE MISSISSIPPI TO THE PACIFIC I HAVE SEEN MOST OF THE GIRLS RIDING ASTRIDE AND MOST OF THE GROWN UP WOMEN I MUST SAY I THINK IT VERY MUCH BETTER FOR THE HORSES BACKS I THINK BY THE TIME THAT YOU ARE AN OLD LADY THE SIDE SADDLE WILL ALMOST HAVE VANISHED I AM SURE I HOPE SO I HAVE FORGOTTEN WHETHER YOU LIKE THE SIDE SADDLE OR NOT" ], "pre_texts": [ "d Canyon of Arizona. TAME WILD CREATURES Yellowstone Park, Wyoming, April 16, 1903. DARLING ETHEL: I wish you could be here and see how tame all the wild creatures are. As I write a dozen of deer have come down to the parade grounds, right in front of the house, to get the hay; they are all looking at the bugler, who has begun to play the \"retreat.\" WESTERN CUSTOMS AND SCENERY Del Monte, Cal., May 10, 1903. DARLING ETHEL: I have thought it very good of you to write me so much. Of course I am feeling rather fagged, and the next four days, which will include San Francisco, will be tiresome; but I am very well. This is a beautiful hotel in which we are spending Sunday, with gardens and a long seventeen-mile drive beside the beach and the rocks and among the pines and cypresses. I went on horseback. My horse was a little beauty, spirited, swift, sure-footed and enduring. As is usually the case here they had a great deal of silver on the bridle and headstall, and much carving on the saddle.", "CANYON OF ARIZONA TAME WILD CREATURES YELLOWSTONE PARK WYOMING APRIL SIXTEENTH NINETEEN O THREE DARLING ETHEL I WISH YOU COULD BE HERE AND SEE HOW TAME ALL THE WILD CREATURES ARE AS I WRITE A DOZEN DEER HAVE COME DOWN TO THE PARADE GROUNDS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE TO GET THE HAY THEY ARE ALL LOOKING AT THE BUGLER WHO HAS BEGUN TO PLAY THE RETREAT WESTERN CUSTOMS AND SCENERY DOMINTE CALIFORNIA MAY TENTH NINETEEN O THREE DARLING ETHEL I HAVE THOUGHT IT VERY GOOD OF YOU TO WRITE ME SO MUCH OF COURSE I AM FEELING RATHER FAGGED AND THE NEXT FOUR DAYS WHICH WILL INCLUDE SAN FRANCISCO WILL BE TIRESOME BUT I AM VERY WELL THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HOTEL IN WHICH WE ARE SPENDING SUNDAY WITH GARDENS AND A LONG SEVENTEEN MILE DRIVE BESIDE THE BEACH AND THE ROCKS AND AMONG THE PINES AND CYPRESSES I WENT ON HORSEBACK MY HORSE WAS A LITTLE BEAUTY SPIRITED SWIFT SHORT FOOTED AND ENDURING AS IS USUALLY THE CASE HERE THEY HAD A GREAT DEAL OF SILVER ON THE BRIDLE AND HEADSTALL AND MUCH CARVING ON THE SADDLE" ], "begin_byte": 39311, "end_byte": 39734 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_27_roosevelt_64kb_6", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_27_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 28.319, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "WASHINGTON'S COMPANIONS AT VALLEY FORGE White House, June 21, 1904. DEAR TED: Mother and I had a most lovely ride the other day, way up beyond Sligo Creek to what is called North west Branch, at Burnt Mills, where is a beautiful gorge, deep and narrow, with great boulders and even cliffs. Excepting Great Falls it is the most beautiful place around here.", "WASHINGTON'S COMPANIONS AT VALLEY FORGE WHITE HOUSE JUNE TWENTY FIRST NINETEEN O FOUR DEAR TED MOTHER AND I HAD A MOST LOVELY RIDE THE OTHER DAY WAY UP BEYOND SLIGO CREEK TO WHAT IS CALLED NORTH WEST BRANCH AT BURNT MILLS WHERE IS A BEAUTIFUL GORGE DEEP AND NARROW WITH GREAT BOULDERS AND EVEN CLIFFS EXCEPT IN GREAT FALLS IT IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE AROUND HERE" ], "pre_texts": [ "her day when out riding what should I see in the road ahead of me but a real B'rer Terrapin and B'rer Rabbit. They were sitting solemnly beside one another and looked just as if they had come out of a book; but as my horse walked along B'rer Rabbit went lippity lippity lippity off into the bushes and B'rer Terrapin drew in his head and legs till I passed. CHARMS OF VALLEY FORGE White House, June 21, 1904. DEAREST ETHEL: I think you are a little trump and I love your letter, and the way you take care of the children and keep down the expenses and cook bread and are just your own blessed busy cunning self. You would have enjoyed being at Valley Forge with us on Sunday. It is a beautiful place, and, of course, full of historic associations. The garden here is lovely. A pair of warbling vireos have built in a linden and sing all the time. The lindens, by the way, are in bloom, and Massachusetts Avenue is fragrant with them. The magnolias are all in bloom, too, and the jasmine on the porch.", " SECTION TWENTY SEVEN OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVER BOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAINS READ BY MARK HISSONG CHARMS OF VALLEY FORGE WHITE HOUSE JUNE TWENTY FIRST NINETEEN O FOUR DEAREST ETHEL I THINK YOU ARE A LITTLE TRUMP AND I LOVE YOUR LETTER AND THE WAY YOU TAKE CARE OF THE CHILDREN AND KEEP DOWN THE EXPENSES AND COOK BREAD AND ARE JUST YOUR OWN BLESSED BUSY CUNNING SELF YOU WOULD HAVE ENJOYED BEING AT VALLEY FORGE WITH US ON SUNDAY IT IS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE AND OF COURSE FULL OF HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS THE GARDEN HERE IS LOVELY A PAIR OF WARBLING VIREOS HAVE BUILT IN A LINDEN AND SEEN ALL THE TIME THE LINDENS BY THE WAY ARE IN BLOOM AND MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE IS FRAGRANT WITH THEM THE MAGNOLIAS ARE ALL IN BLOOM TOO AND THE JASMINE ON THE PORCH" ], "begin_byte": 93912, "end_byte": 94267 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_29_roosevelt_64kb_11", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_29_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 10.16, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "Ted and Ethel, as well as Archie and Quentin, are generally in Mother's room for twenty minutes or a half hour just before she dresses, according to immemorial custom.", "TAD AND ETHEL AS WELL AS ARCHING QUINTON ARE GENERALLY IN MOTHER'S ROOM FOR TWENTY MINUTES OR A HALF HOUR JUST BEFORE SHE DRESSES ACCORDING TO IMMEMORIAL CUSTOM" ], "pre_texts": [ "ends took the walk with us. In politics things at the moment seem to look quite right, but every form of lie is being circulated by the Democrats, and they intend undoubtedly to spring all kinds of sensational untruths at the very end of the campaign. I have not any idea whether we will win or not. Before election I shall send you my guess as to the way the different States will vote, and then you can keep it and see how near to the truth I come. But of course you will remember that it is a mere guess, and that I may be utterly mistaken all along the line. In any event, even if I am beaten you must remember that we have had three years of great enjoyment out of the Presidency and that we are mighty lucky to have had them. I generally have people in to lunch, but at dinner, thank fortune, we are usually alone. Though I have callers in the evening, I generally have an hour in which to sit with Mother and the others up in the library, talking and reading and watching the bright wood fire.", "UR ACTIVE MALE FRIENDS TOOK THE WALK WITH US IN POLITICS THINGS AT THE MOMENT SEEM TO LOOK QUITE RIGHT BUT EVERY FORM OF LIE IS BEING CIRCULATED BY THE DEMOCRATS AND THEY INTEND UNDOUBTEDLY TO SPRING ALL KINDS OF SENSATIONAL UNTRUTHS AT THE VERY END OF THE CAMPAIGN I HAVE NOT ANY IDEA WHETHER WE WILL WIN OR NOT BEFORE ELECTION I SHALL SEND YOU MY GUESS AS TO THE WAY THE DIFFERENT STATES WILL VOTE AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP IT AND SEE HOW NEAR TO THE TRUTH I COME BUT OF COURSE YOU WILL REMEMBER THAT IT IS A MERE GUESS AND THAT I MAY BE UTTERLY MISTAKEN ALL ALONG THE LINE IN ANY EVENT EVEN IF I AM BEATEN YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT WE HAVE HAD THREE YEARS OF GREAT ENJOYMENT OUT OF THE PRESIDENCY AND THAT WE ARE MIGHTY LUCKY TO HAVE HAD THEM I GENERALLY HAVE PEOPLE IN TO LUNCH BUT AT DINNER THANK FORTUNE WE ARE USUALLY ALONE THOUGH I HAVE CALLERS IN THE EVENING I GENERALLY HAVE AN HOUR IN WHICH TO SIT WITH MOTHER AND THE OTHERS UP IN THE LIBRARY TALKING AND READING AND WATCHING THE BRIGHT WOOD FIRE" ], "begin_byte": 101112, "end_byte": 101279 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_30_roosevelt_64kb_27", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_30_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 14.959, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "WINTER LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE White House, Dec. 17, 1904. BLESSED KERMIT: For a week the weather has been cold down to zero at night and rarely above freezing in the shade at noon.", "WINTER LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE WHITE HOUSE DECEMBER SEVENTEENTH NINETEEN O FOUR BLESSED KERMIT FOR A WEEK THE WEATHER HAS BEEN COLD DOWN TO ZERO AT NIGHT AND RARELY ABOVE FREEZING IN THE SHADE AT NOON" ], "pre_texts": [ "ormer friend. As the line passed he was introduced to me as Mr. White. I greeted him in the usual rather perfunctory manner, and the huge, rough-looking fellow shyly remarked, \"Mr. Roosevelt, maybe you don't recollect me. I worked on the roundup with you twenty years ago next spring. My outfit joined yours at the mouth of the Box Alder.\" I gazed at him, and at once said, \"Why it is big Jim.\" He was a great cow-puncher and is still riding the range in northwestern Nebraska. When I knew him he was a tremendous fighting man, but always liked me. Twice I had to interfere to prevent him from half murdering cowboys from my own ranch. I had him at lunch, with a mixed company of home and foreign notabilities. Don't worry about the lessons, old boy. I know you are studying hard. Don't get cast down. Sometimes in life, both at school and afterwards, fortune will go against any one, but if he just keeps pegging away and doesn't lose his courage things always take a turn for the better in the end.", " HE WAS A FORMER FRIEND AS THE LINE PASSED HE WAS INTRODUCED TO ME AS MISTER WHITE I GREETED HIM IN THE USUAL RATHER PERFUNCTORY MANNER AND THE HUGE ROUGH LOOKING FELLOW SHYLY REMARKED QUOTE MISTER ROOSEVELT MAYBE YOU DON'T RECOLLECT ME I WORKED ON THE ROUNDUP WITH YOU TWENTY YEARS AGO NEXT SPRING MY OUTFIT JOINED YOURS AT THE MOUTH OF THE BOX ALDER IN QUOTE I GAZED AT HIM AND AT ONCE SAID WHY IT IS BIG JIM HE WAS A GREAT COWPUNCHER AND IS STILL RIDING THE RANGE IN NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA WHEN I KNEW HIM HE WAS A TREMENDOUS FIGHTING MAN BUT ALWAYS LIKED ME TWICE I HAD TO INTERFERE TO PREVENT HIM FROM HALF MURDERING COWBOYS FROM MY OWN RANCH I HAD HIM AT LUNCH WITH A MIXED COMPANY OF HOME AND FOREIGN NOTABILITIES DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE LESSONS OLD BOY I KNOW YOU ARE STUDYING HARD DON'T GET CAST DOWN SOMETIMES IN LIFE BOTH AT SCHOOL AND AFTERWARDS FORTUNE WILL GO AGAINST ANYONE BUT IF HE JUST KEEPS PEGGING AWAY AND DOESN'T LOSE HIS COURAGE THINGS ALWAYS TAKE A TURN FOR THE BETTER IN THE END" ], "begin_byte": 102843, "end_byte": 103025 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_35_roosevelt_64kb_3", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_35_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 6.639, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I take Hall to chop, and he plays tennis with Phil and Oliver, and rides with Phil and Quentin.", "I TAKE HAL TO CHOP AND HE PLAYS TENNIS WITH PHIL AND OLIVER AND RIDES WITH PHIL AND QUINTON" ], "pre_texts": [ "t say. But it is worth while to have obtained the chance of peace, and the only possible way to get this chance was to secure such an agreement of the two powers that they would meet and discuss the terms direct. Of course Japan will want to ask more than she ought to ask, and Russia to give less than she ought to give. Perhaps both sides will prove impracticable. Perhaps one will. But there is the chance that they will prove sensible, and make a peace, which will really be for the interest of each as things are now. At any rate the experiment was worth trying. I have kept the secret very successfully, and my dealings with the Japanese in particular have been known to no one, so that the result is in the nature of a surprise. QUENTIN'S QUAINT SAYINGS Oyster Bay, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1905. DEAR KERMIT: Mr. Phil Stewart and Dr. Lambert spent a night here, Quentin greeting the former with most cordial friendship, and in explanation stating that he always liked to get acquainted with everybody.", " SECTION THIRTY FIVE OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIBERVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG QUINTON'S QUAINT SAYINGS OYSTER BAY NEW YORK AUGUST TWENTY SIXTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR KERMIN MISTER PHIL STUART AND DOCTOR LAMBIRD SPENT A NIGHT HERE QUINTON GREETING THE FORMER WITH MOST CORDIAL FRIENDSHIP AND AN EXPLANATION STATING THAT HE ALWAYS LIKED TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH EVERYBODY" ], "begin_byte": 126438, "end_byte": 126533 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_36_roosevelt_64kb_1", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_36_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 15.44, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "White House, October 11, 1905. DEAR TED: I was delighted to find from your last letters that you are evidently having a pretty good time in spite of the newspaper and kodak creatures. I guess that nuisance is now pretty well abated.", "WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER ELEVENTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR TAD I WAS DELIGHTED TO FIND FROM YOUR LAST LETTERS THAT YOU ARE EVIDENTLY HAVING A PRETTY GOOD TIME IN SPITE OF THE NEWSPAPER AND KODAK CREATURES I GUESS THAT NUISANCE IS NOW PRETTY WELL ABATED" ], "pre_texts": [ " comfort to me to have such confidence in you and to know that though these creatures can cause you a little trouble and make you feel a little downcast, they can not drive you one way or the other, or make you alter the course you have set out for yourself. We were all of us, I am almost ashamed to say, rather blue at getting back in the White House, simply because we missed Sagamore Hill so much. But it is very beautiful and we feel very ungrateful at having even a passing fit of blueness, and we are enjoying it to the full now. I have just seen Archie dragging some fifty foot of hose pipe across the tennis court to play in the sand-box. I have been playing tennis with Mr. Pinchot, who beat me three sets to one, the only deuce-set being the one I won. This is just an occasion to show the stuff there is in you. Do not let these newspaper creatures and kindred idiots drive you one hair's breadth from the line you had marked out in football or anything else. Avoid any fuss, if possible.", "IME AND IT IS A GREAT COMFORT TO ME TO HAVE SUCH CONFIDENCE IN YOU AND TO KNOW THAT THOUGH THESE CREATURES CAN CAUSE YOU A LITTLE TROUBLE AND MAKE YOU FEEL A LITTLE DOWNCAST THEY CANNOT DRIVE YOU ONE WAY OR THE OTHER OR MAKE YOU ALTER THE COURSE YOU HAVE SET OUT FOR YOURSELF WE WERE ALL OF US I AM ALMOST ASHAMED TO SAY RATHER BLUE AT GETTING BACK IN THE WHITE HOUSE SIMPLY BECAUSE WE MISS SAGAMORE HILL SO MUCH BUT IT IS VERY BEAUTIFUL AND WE FEEL VERY UNGRATEFUL AT HAVING EVEN A PASSING FIT OF BLUENESS AND WE ARE ENJOYING IT TO THE FULL NOW I HAVE JUST SEEN ARCHY DRAGGING SOME FIFTY FOOT OF HOSEPIPE ACROSS THE TENNIS COURT TO PLAY IN THE SAND BOX I HAVE BEEN PLAYING TENNIS WITH MISTER PINCHOT WHO BEAT ME THREE SETS TO ONE THE ONLY DU SET BEING THE ONE I WANT THIS IS JUST AN OCCASION TO SHOW THE STUFF THERE IS IN YOU DO NOT LET THESE NEWSPAPER CREATURES AND KINDRED IDIOTS DRIVE YOU ONE HAIR'S BREADTH FROM THE LINE YOU HAD MARKED OUT IN FOOTBALL OR ANYTHING ELSE AVOID ANY FUSS IF POSSIBLE" ], "begin_byte": 130654, "end_byte": 130886 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_36_roosevelt_64kb_19", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_36_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 25.2, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "White House, October 2, 1905. BLESSED OLD TED: The thing to do is to go on just as you have evidently been doing, attract as little attention as possible, do not make a fuss about the newspaper men, camera creatures, and idiots generally, letting it be seen that you do not like them and avoid them, but not letting them betray you into any excessive irritation.", "WHITE HOUSE OCTOBER SECOND NINETEEN O FIVE BLESSED OLD TAD THE THING TO DO IS TO GO ON JUST AS YOU HAVE EVIDENTLY BEEN DOING ATTRACT AS LITTLE ATTENTION AS POSSIBLE DO NOT MAKE A FUSS ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER MEN CAMERA CREATURES AND IDIOTS GENERALLY LETTING IT BE SEEN THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE THEM AND AVOID THEM BUT NOT LETTING THEM BETRAY YOU INTO ANY EXCESSIVE IRRITATION" ], "pre_texts": [ " on Jollapin (Archie) and tickle Jollapin while Punkey Doodle squalled and wiggled on top of him, and then reverse them and keep Punkey Doodle down by heaving Jollapin on him, while they both kicked and struggled until my shirt front looked very much the worse for wear. You doubtless remember yourself how bad it was for me, when I was dressed for dinner, to play with all you scamps when you were little. The other day a reporter asked Quentin something about me; to which that affable and canny young gentleman responded, \"Yes, I see him sometimes; but I know nothing of his family life.\" ADVICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER ANNOYANCES When Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., entered Harvard as a freshman he had to pay the penalty of being a President's son. Newspaper reporters followed all his movements, especially in athletics, and he was the victim of many exaggerated and often purely fictitious accounts of his doings. His father wrote him indignant and sympathetic letters, two of which are reproduced here.", " SECTION THIRTY SIX OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIPPER OF OX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG ADVICE REGARDING NEWSPAPER ANNOYANCES WHEN THEODORE ROOSEVELT JUNIOR ENTERED HARVARD AS A FRESHMAN HE HAD TO PAY THE PENALTY OF BEING A PRESIDENT'S SON NEWSPAPER REPORTERS FOLLOWED ALL HIS MOVEMENTS ESPECIALLY IN ATHLETICS AND HE WAS THE VICTIM OF MANY EXAGGERATED AND OFTEN PURELY FICTITIOUS ACCOUNTS OF HIS DOINGS HIS FATHER WROTE HIM INDIGNANT AND SYMPATHETIC LETTERS TWO OF WHICH ARE REPRODUCED HERE" ], "begin_byte": 128191, "end_byte": 128553 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_37_roosevelt_64kb_1", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_37_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 12.279, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "POETS AND PRINCES White House, November 6, 1905. DEAR KERMIT: Just a line, for I really have nothing to say this week. I have caught up with my work.", "POETS AND PRINCES WHITE HOUSE NOVEMBER SIXTH NINETEEN O FIVE DEAR KERMIN JUST A LINE FOR I REALLY HAVE NOTHING TO SAY THIS WEEK I HAVE CAUGHT UP WITH MY WORK" ], "pre_texts": [ "as always, and the two little boys were as cunning as possible. Sister had brought them some very small Japanese fencing armor, which they had of course put on with glee, and were clumsily fencing with wooden two-handed swords. And they had also rigged up in the dark nursery a gruesome man with a pumpkin head, which I was ushered in to see, and in addition to the regular eyes, nose, and saw-tooth mouth, Archie had carved in the back of the pumpkin the words \"Pumpkin Giant,\" the candle inside illuminating it beautifully. Mother was waiting for me at the Navy Yard, looking too pretty for anything, when I arrived. She and I had a ride this afternoon. Of course I am up to my ears in work. The mornings are lovely now, crisp and fresh; after breakfast Mother and I walk around the grounds accompanied by Skip, and also by Slipper, her bell tinkling loudly. The gardens are pretty dishevelled now, but the flowers that are left are still lovely; even yet some honeysuckle is blooming on the porch.", "STANCES ETHEL WAS A DEAR AS ALWAYS AND THE TWO LITTLE BOYS WERE AS CUNNING AS POSSIBLE SISTER HAD BROUGHT THEM SOME VERY SMALL JAPANESE FENCING ARMOR WHICH THEY HAD OF COURSE PUT ON WITH GLEE AND WERE CLUMSILY FENCING WITH WOODEN TWO HANDED SWORDS AND THEY HAD ALSO RIGGED UP IN THE DARK NURSERY A GRUESOME MAN WITH A PUMPKIN HEAD WHICH I WAS USHERED IN TO SEE AND IN ADDITION TO THE REGULAR EYES NOSE AND SAW TOOTHED MOUTH ARCHY HAD CARVED IN THE BACK OF THE PUMPKIN THE WORDS PUMPKIN GIANT THE CANDLE INSIDE ILLUMINATING IT BEAUTIFULLY MOTHER WAS WAITING FOR ME AT THE NAVY YARD LOOKING TOO PRETTY FOR ANYTHING WHEN I ARRIVED SHE AND I HAD ARRIVED THIS AFTERNOON OF COURSE I AM UP TO MY EARS AND WORK THE MORNINGS ARE LOVELY NOW CRISP AND FRESH AFTER BREAKFAST MOTHER AND I WALK AROUND THE GROUNDS ACCOMPANIED BY SKIP AND ALSO BY SLIPPER HER BELL TINKLING LOUDLY THE GARDENS ARE PRETTY DISHEVELED NOW BUT THE FLOWERS THAT ARE LEFT ARE STILL LOVELY EVEN YET SOME HONEYSUCKLE IS BLOOMING ON THE PORCH" ], "begin_byte": 136038, "end_byte": 136187 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_40_roosevelt_64kb_33", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_40_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 25.16, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I gather that one at least and probably both would be all right for me if I were twenty years younger, and would probably be all right for Ted now; but of course as things are at present I do not want a horse with which I have an interesting circus experience whenever we meet an automobile, or one which I cannot get to go in any particular direction without devoting an hour or two to the job.", "I GATHER THAT ONE AT LEAST AND PROBABLY BOTH WOULD BE ALL RIGHT FOR ME IF I WERE TWENTY YEARS YOUNGER AND WOULD PROBABLY BE ALL RIGHT FOR TAD NOW BUT OF COURSE AS THINGS ARE AT PRESENT I DO NOT WANT A HORSE WITH WHICH I HAVE AN INTERESTING CIRCUS EXPERIENCE WHENEVER WE MEET AN AUTOMOBILE OR ONE WHICH I CANNOT GET TO GO IN ANY PARTICULAR DIRECTION WITHOUT DEVOTING AN HOUR OR TWO TO THE JOB" ], "pre_texts": [ "ouse. . . . . . SORROWS OF SKIP White House, April 1, 1906. DARLING ARCHIE: Poor Skip is a very, very lonely little dog without his family. Each morning he comes up to see me at breakfast time and during most of breakfast (which I take in the hall just outside my room) Skip stands with his little paws on my lap. Then when I get through and sit down in the rocking-chair to read for fifteen or twenty minutes, Skip hops into my lap and stays there, just bathing himself in the companionship of the only one of his family he has left. The rest of the day he spends with the ushers, as I am so frightfully busy that I am nowhere long enough for Skip to have any real satisfaction in my companionship. Poor Jack has never come home. We may never know what became of him. \"AN INTERESTING CIRCUS EXPERIENCE\" White House, April 1, 1906. DARLING ETHEL: I haven't heard a word from the two new horses, and I rather believe that if there had been any marked improvement in either of them I should have heard.", "WHITE HOUSE SORROWS OF SKIP WHITE HOUSE APRIL FIRST NINETEEN O SIX DARLING ARCHIE POOR SKIP IS A VERY VERY LONELY LITTLE DOG WITHOUT HIS FAMILY EACH MORNING HE COMES UP TO SEE ME AT BREAKFAST TIME AND DURING MOST OF BREAKFAST WHICH I TAKE IN THE HALL JUST OUTSIDE MY ROOM SKIP STANDS WITH HIS LITTLE PAWS ON MY LAP THEN WHEN I GET THROUGH AND SIT DOWN IN THE ROCKING CHAIR TO READ FOR FIFTEEN OR TWENTY MINUTES SKIP HOPS INTO MY LAP AND STAYS THERE JUST BATHING HIMSELF IN THE COMPANIONSHIP OF THE ONLY ONE OF HIS FAMILY HE HAS LEFT THE REST OF THE DAY HE SPENDS WITH THE USHERS AS I AM SO FRIGHTFULLY BUSY THAT I AM NOWHERE LONG ENOUGH FOR SKIP TO HAVE ANY REAL SATISFACTION IN MY COMPANIONSHIP POOR JACK HAS NEVER COME HOME WE MAY NEVER KNOW WHAT BECAME OF HIM AN INTERESTING CIRCUS EXPERIENCE WHITE HOUSE APRIL FIRST NINETEEN O SIX DARLING ETHEL I HAVEN'T HEARD A WORD FROM THE TWO NEW HORSES AND I RATHER BELIEVE THAT IF THERE HAD BEEN ANY MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN EITHER OF THEM I SHOULD HAVE HEARD" ], "begin_byte": 148032, "end_byte": 148427 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_44_roosevelt_64kb_0", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_44_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 19.2, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "I usually spend half an hour on deck before Mother is dressed. Then we breakfast together alone; have also taken lunch alone, but at dinner have two or three officers to dine with us. Doctor Rixey is along, and is a perfect dear, as always.", "I USUALLY SPEND HALF AN HOUR ON DECK BEFORE MOTHER IS DRESSED THEN WE BREAKFAST TOGETHER ALONE HAVE ALSO TAKEN LUNCH ALONE BUT AT DINNER HAVE TWO OR THREE OFFICERS TO DINE WITH US DOCTOR RIXY IS ALONE AND IS A PERFECT DEAR AS ALWAYS" ], "pre_texts": [ "also spend a good deal of time on the forward bridge, and sometimes on the aft bridge, and of course have gone over the ship to inspect it with the Captain. It is a splendid thing to see one of these men-of-war, and it does really make one proud of one's country. Both the officers and the enlisted men are as fine a set as one could wish to see. It is a beautiful sight, these three great war-ships standing southward in close column, and almost as beautiful at night when we see not only the lights but the loom through the darkness of the ships astern. We are now in the tropics and I have thought a good deal of the time over eight years ago when I was sailing to Santiago in the fleet of warships and transports. It seems a strange thing to think of my now being President, going to visit the work of the Panama Canal which I have made possible. Mother, very pretty and dainty in white summer clothes, came up on Sunday morning to see inspection and review, or whatever they call it, of the men.", " AND READ AND I ALSO SPEND A GOOD DEAL OF TIME ON THE FORWARD BRIDGE AND SOMETIMES ON THE AFT BRIDGE AND OF COURSE HAVE GONE OVER THE SHIP TO INSPECT IT WITH THE CAPTAIN IT IS A SPLENDID THING TO SEE ONE OF THESE MEN OF WAR AND IT DOES REALLY MAKE ONE PROUD OF ONE'S COUNTRY BOTH THE OFFICERS AND THE ENLISTED MEN ARE AS FINE A SET AS ONE COULD WISH TO SEE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT THESE THREE GREAT WAR SHIPS STANDING SOUTHWARD IN CLOSE COLUMN AND ALMOST AS BEAUTIFUL AT NIGHT WHEN WE SEE NOT ONLY THE LIGHTS BUT THE LOOM THROUGH THE DARKNESS OF THE SHIPS ASTERN WE ARE NOW IN THE TROPICS AND I HAVE THOUGHT A GOOD DEAL OF THE TIME OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO WHEN I WAS SAILING TO SANTIAGO IN THE FLEET OF WAR SHIPS AND TRANSPORTS IT SEEMS A STRANGE THING TO THINK OF MY NOW BEING PRESIDENT GOING TO VISIT THE WORK OF THE PANAMA CANAL WHICH I HAVE MADE POSSIBLE MOTHER VERY PRETTY AND DAINTY IN WHITE SUMMER CLOTHES CAME UP ON SUNDAY MORNING TO SEE INSPECTION AND REVIEW OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT OF THE MEN" ], "begin_byte": 167284, "end_byte": 167524 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_44_roosevelt_64kb_30", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_44_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 28.039, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "Mother and I walk briskly up and down the deck together, or else sit aft under the awning, or in the after cabin, with the gun ports open, and read; and I also spend a good deal of time on the forward bridge, and sometimes on the aft bridge, and of course have gone over the ship to inspect it with the Captain. It is a splendid thing to see one of these men of war, and it does really make one proud of one's country.", "MOTHER AND I WALK BRISKLY UP AND DOWN THE DECK TOGETHER OR ELSE SIT AFT UNDER THE AWNING OR IN THE AFTER CABIN WITH THE GUN PORTS OPEN AND READ AND I ALSO SPEND A GOOD DEAL OF TIME ON THE FORWARD BRIDGE AND SOMETIMES ON THE AFT BRIDGE AND OF COURSE HAVE GONE OVER THE SHIP TO INSPECT IT WITH THE CAPTAIN IT IS A SPLENDID THING TO SEE ONE OF THESE MEN OF WAR AND IT DOES REALLY MAKE ONE PROUD OF ONE'S COUNTRY" ], "pre_texts": [ "of their class as there are afloat, save only the English Dread-naught. The _Louisiana_ now has her gun-sights and everything is all in good shape for her to begin the practice of the duties which will make her crew as fit for man-of-war's work as the crew of any one of our other first-class battleships. The men are such splendid-looking fellows, Americans of the best type, young, active, vigorous, with lots of intelligence. I was much amused at the names of the seven-inch guns, which include _Victor_, _Invincible_, _Peacemaker_, together with _Skidoo_, and also one called _Tedd_ and one called _The Big Stick_. REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY On Board U. S. S. _Louisiana_, Nov. 13. DEAR KERMIT: So far this trip has been a great success, and I think Mother has really enjoyed it. As for me, I of course feel a little bored, as I always do on shipboard, but I have brought on a great variety of books, and am at this moment reading Milton's prose works, \"Tacitus,\" and a German novel called \"Jorn Uhl.", "ROPICS THEY ARE THREE AS SPLENDID SHIPS OF THEIR CLASS AS THERE ARE AFLOAT SAVE ONLY THE ENGLISH DREADNOUGHT THE LOUISIANA NOW HAS HER GUN SIGHTS AND EVERYTHING IS ALL IN GOOD SHAPE FOR HER TO BEGIN THE PRACTICE OF THE DUTIES WHICH WILL MAKE HER CREW AS FIT FOR MEN OF WAR'S WORK AS THE CREW OF ANY ONE OF OUR OTHER FIRST CLASS BATTLESHIPS THE MEN ARE SUCH SPLENDID LOOKING FELLOWS AMERICANS OF THE BEST TYPE YOUNG ACTIVE VIGOROUS WITH LOTS OF INTELLIGENCE I WAS MUCH AMUSED AT THE NAMES OF THE SEVEN INCH GUNS WHICH INCLUDE VICTOR INVINCIBLE PEACEMAKER TOGETHER WITH SKIDDOU AND ALSO ONE CALLED TAD AND ONE CALLED THE BIG STICK REFLECTIONS ON THE WAY ON BOARD U S LOUISIANA NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH DEAR KERMIT SO FAR THIS TRIP HAS BEEN A GREAT SUCCESS AND I THINK MOTHER HAS REALLY ENJOYED IT AS FOR ME I OF COURSE FEEL A LITTLE BORED AS I ALWAYS DO ON SHIPBOARD BUT I HAVE BROUGHT ON A GREAT VARIETY OF BOOKS AND AM AT THIS MOMENT READING MILTON'S PROSE WORKS TACITUS AND A GERMAN NOVEL CALLED YORN ULL" ], "begin_byte": 166127, "end_byte": 166546 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_54_roosevelt_64kb_7", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_54_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 17.44, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "He has become sincerely attached to the school, and at the moment thinks he would rather stay there than go to Groton; but this is a thought he will get over with Mother's active assistance. He has all kinds of friends, including some who are on a hockey team with him here in the city.", "HE HAS BECOME SINCERELY ATTACHED TO THE SCHOOL AND AT THE MOMENT THINKS HE WOULD RATHER STAY THERE THAN GO TO GRATON BUT THIS IS A THOUGHT HE WILL GET OVER WITH MOTHER'S ACTIVE ASSISTANCE HE HAS ALL KINDS OF FRIENDS INCLUDING SOME WHO ARE ON A HACKEY TEAM WITH HIM HERE IN THE CITY" ], "pre_texts": [ "s lost for a little while; he had gone off on a side street and unfortunately saw a cat in a stable and rushed in and killed it, and they had him tied up there when one of our men found him. In a way I know that Mother misses Scamp, but in another way she does not, for now all the squirrels are very tame and cunning and are hopping about the lawn and down on the paths all the time, so that we see them whenever we walk, and they are not in the least afraid of us. White House, Dec. 3, 1908. DEAREST ARCHIE: I have a very strong presentiment that Santa Claus will not forget that watch! Quentin went out shooting with Dr. Rixey on Monday and killed three rabbits, which I think was pretty good. He came back very dirty and very triumphant, and Mother, feeling just as triumphant, brought him promptly over with his gun and his three rabbits to see me in the office. On most days now he rides out to school, usually on Achilles. Very shortly he will begin to spend his nights at the school, however.", "AS LOST FOR A LITTLE WHILE HE HAD GONE OFF ON A SIDE STREET AND UNFORTUNATELY SAW A CAT IN A STABLE AND RUSHED IN AND KILLED IT AND THEY HAD HIM TIED UP THERE WHEN ONE OF OUR MEN FOUND HIM IN A WAY I KNOW THAT MOTHER MISSES SCAMP BUT IN ANOTHER WAY SHE DOES NOT FOR NOW ALL THE SQUIRRELS ARE VERY TAME AND CUNNING AND ARE HOPPING ABOUT THE LAWN AND DOWN ON THE PATHS ALL THE TIME SO THAT WE SEE THEM WHENEVER WE WALK AND THEY ARE NOT IN THE LEAST AFRAID OF US WHITE HOUSE DECEMBER THIRD NINETEEN O EIGHT DEAREST ARCHY I HAVE A VERY STRONG PRESENTIMENT THAT SANTA CLAUS WILL NOT FORGET THAT WATCH QUINTON WENT OUT SHOOTING WITH DOCTOR RIXEY ON MONDAY AND KILLED THREE RABBITS WHICH I THINK WAS PRETTY GOOD HE CAME BACK VERY DIRTY AND VERY TRIUMPHANT AND MOTHER FEELING JUST AS TRIUMPHANT BROUGHT HIM PROMPTLY OVER WITH HIS GUN AND HIS THREE RABBITS TO SEE ME IN THE OFFICE ON MOST DAYS NOW HE RIDES OUT TO SCHOOL USUALLY ON ACHILLES VERY SHORTLY HE WILL BEGIN TO SPEND HIS NIGHTS AT THE SCHOOL HOWEVER" ], "begin_byte": 223217, "end_byte": 223504 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_55_roosevelt_64kb_3", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_55_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 10.439, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "At night the hyenas come round the camp, uttering their queer howls; and once or twice we have heard lions; but unfortunately have never seen them.", "AT NIGHT THE HYENAS COME ROUND THE CAMP UTTERING THEIR QUEER HOWLS AND ONCE OR TWICE WE HAVE HEARD LIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM" ], "pre_texts": [ "ther, feeling just as triumphant, brought him promptly over with his gun and his three rabbits to see me in the office. On most days now he rides out to school, usually on Achilles. Very shortly he will begin to spend his nights at the school, however. He has become sincerely attached to the school, and at the moment thinks he would rather stay there than go to Groton; but this is a thought he will get over--with Mother's active assistance. He has all kinds of friends, including some who are on a hockey team with him here in the city. The hockey team apparently plays hockey now and then, but only very occasionally, and spends most of the time disciplining its own members. TRIBUTE TO KERMIT In 1909, after retiring from the Presidency, Colonel Roosevelt went on a hunting trip in Africa, writing as usual to his children while away. On the 'Nzor River, Nov. 13, 1909. DARLING ETHEL: Here we are, by a real tropical river, with game all around, and no human being within several days' journey.", " SEC OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG TRIBUTE TO KERMIT IN NINETEEN O NINE AFTER RETIRING FROM THE PRESIDENCY COLONEL ROOSEVELT WENT ON A HUNTING TRIP IN AFRICA WRITING AS USUAL TO HIS CHILDREN WHILE AWAY ON THE INZOR RIVER NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH NINETEEN O NINE DARLING ETHEL HERE WE ARE BY A REAL TROPICAL RIVER WITH GAME ALL AROUND AND NO HUMAN BEING WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS JOURNEY" ], "begin_byte": 223965, "end_byte": 224112 } } ]

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[ { "id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_55_roosevelt_64kb_13", "recording_id": "large/9551/letterstohischildren_1510_librivox_64kb_mp3/letterstohischildren_55_roosevelt_64kb", "start": 0, "duration": 17.72, "channel": 0, "language": "English", "speaker": "9551", "custom": { "texts": [ "He is still altogether too reckless; but by my hen with one chicken attitude, I think I shall get him out of Africa uninjured; and his keenness, cool nerve, horsemanship, hardihood, endurance, and good eyesight make him a really good wilderness hunter.", "HE IS STILL ALTOGETHER TOO RECKLESS BUT BY MY HEN WITH ONE CHICKEN ATTITUDE I THINK I SHALL GET HIM OUT OF AFRICA UNINJURED AND HIS KEENNESS COOL NERVE HORSEMANSHIP HARDIHOOD ENDURANCE AND GOOD EYESIGHT MAKE HIM A REALLY GOOD WILDERNESS HUNTER" ], "pre_texts": [ " is a thought he will get over--with Mother's active assistance. He has all kinds of friends, including some who are on a hockey team with him here in the city. The hockey team apparently plays hockey now and then, but only very occasionally, and spends most of the time disciplining its own members. TRIBUTE TO KERMIT In 1909, after retiring from the Presidency, Colonel Roosevelt went on a hunting trip in Africa, writing as usual to his children while away. On the 'Nzor River, Nov. 13, 1909. DARLING ETHEL: Here we are, by a real tropical river, with game all around, and no human being within several days' journey. At night the hyenas come round the camp, uttering their queer howls; and once or twice we have heard lions; but unfortunately have never seen them. Kermit killed a leopard yesterday. He has really done so very well! It is rare for a boy with his refined tastes and his genuine appreciation of literature--and of so much else--to be also an exceptionally bold and hardy sportsman.", " SEC OF LETTERS TO HIS CHILDREN BY THEODORE ROOSEVELT THIS LIVERPOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN READ BY MARK HISSONG TRIBUTE TO KERMIT IN NINETEEN O NINE AFTER RETIRING FROM THE PRESIDENCY COLONEL ROOSEVELT WENT ON A HUNTING TRIP IN AFRICA WRITING AS USUAL TO HIS CHILDREN WHILE AWAY ON THE INZOR RIVER NOVEMBER THIRTEENTH NINETEEN O NINE DARLING ETHEL HERE WE ARE BY A REAL TROPICAL RIVER WITH GAME ALL AROUND AND NO HUMAN BEING WITHIN SEVERAL DAYS JOURNEY AT NIGHT THE HYENAS COME ROUND THE CAMP UTTERING THEIR QUEER HOWLS AND ONCE OR TWICE WE HAVE HEARD LIONS BUT UNFORTUNATELY HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM KERMIT KILLED A LEOPARD YESTERDAY HE HAS REALLY DONE SO VERY WELL IT IS RARE FOR A BOY WITH HIS REFINED TASTE AND HIS GENUINE APPRECIATION OF LITERATURE AND OF SO MUCH ELSE TO BE ALSO AN EXCEPTIONALLY BOLD AND HARDY SPORTSMAN" ], "begin_byte": 224345, "end_byte": 224597 } } ]

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