Excerpt from The Works of Theodore Roosevelt, Vol. 1 of 14: Presidential Address and State Papers Roosevelt, for reasons so nearly Obvious as to need little comment. The palpable fact is that President Roosevelt's messages to Congress and a large number of his speeches, delivered in various parts of the country in his capacity as President, pertain to the same topics and serve a like public purpose. The messages must, of course, deal with matters affecting the welfare of the nation, and with various questions of public busi ness or policy, in those aspects that bear upon the work Of Congress. It is the President's Constitu tional right and duty to present information upon such topics, or to expound them from the standpoint of the Administration. In the long series of'presi dential messages one may, indeed, read the history of this country for more than a hundred years. To that Official narrative these messages by Mr. Roose velt add the latest and some of the most fascinating chapters. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.