in the rich. If the men of the nation are not anxious to work
in many different ways, with all their might and strength, and
ready and able to fight at need, and anxious to be fathers of
families, and if the women do not recognize that the greatest
thing for any woman is to be a good wife and mother, why, that
nation has cause to be alarmed about its future_.

_There is no physical trouble among us Americans. The trouble
with the situation you set forth is one of character, and
therefore we can conquer it if we only will._

_Very sincerely yours,_

_THEODORE ROOSEVELT._

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PREFATORY NOTE


A portion of the material in this book appeared serially under the same
title in _Everybody's Magazine_. Nearly a third of the volume has not
been published in any form.