hand instead of, as an actual result of
your Guildhall speech, sending Kitchener to strengthen the
feebleness of Sir Eldon Gorst, the Turks and Germans might
have succeeded in their invasion and have cut off the Suez
Canal. So you laid the ground for preparedness not only in
this country but in France and England.

I know it was a disappointment to you not to have an actual
share in the fighting but I think you did a greater piece of
work in preparing the battleground and the battle spirit.

[7] From "Impressions of Theodore Roosevelt," by Lawrence F. Abbott
Copyright, 1919, by Doubleday, Page & Co.

In reply Mr. Roosevelt sent Mr. Abbott this note:

That's a dear letter of yours, Lawrence. I thank you for it
and I appreciate it to the full.

_Acknowledgments_

(A)

My dear Mr. Spencer,

I am grateful to you for your comforting letter. Thank you for
your sympathy.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Cole Burroughs.
October 26, 1921.

(B)

My dear Mrs. Evans,

Let me thank you in behalf of myself and my family for your
sympathy. Do not measure our appreciation by the length of
time it has taken me to reply. We appreciated your letter
deeply.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Cole Burroughs.
October 26, 1921.

(C)

My dear Arthur,

I want to thank you for your sympathetic letter received in
our bereavement.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Cole Burroughs.
October 26, 1921.

(D)

Dear Mr. Treadwell,

Thank you very much for your sympathy. Your offer to be of
service to me at this time I greatly appreciate, but I shall
not need to trouble you, although it is comforting to know
that I may call on you.

I shall never forget your kindness.

Sincerely yours,
Mary Cole Burroughs.
October 24, 1921.

This is the note[8] that Thomas Bailey Aldrich wrote to his friend
William H. Rideing upon receiving from the latter a note of condolence:

Dear Rideing:

I knew that you would be sorry for us. I did not need your
sympathetic note to tell me that. Our dear boy's death