“I could a great deal rather have him show true manliness of character than show either intellectual or physical prowess.”
Roosevelt wrote regularly to his son Ted while Ted was at Groton, navigating the pressures of athletics and academics as the President's son. This line makes the priority explicit: character above achievement.
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