Theodore Roosevelt (1858–1919). Theodore Roosevelt’s Letters to His Children. 1919.
88. SPORTS OF QUENTIN AND ARCHIE
Oyster Bay, Aug. 18, 1906.
DEAR KERMIT:
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Quentin is the same cheerful pagan philosopher as ever. He swims like a little duck; rides well; stands quite severe injuries without complaint, and is really becoming a manly little fellow. Archie is devoted to the Why (sailboat). The other day while Mother and I were coming in, rowing, we met him sailing out, and it was too cunning for anything. The Why looks exactly like a little black wooden shoe with a sail in it, and the crew consisted of Archie, of one of his beloved playmates, a seaman from the Sylph, and of Skip—very alert and knowing.
