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Theodore Roosevelt launches his career as an author with "The Naval History of 1812"

John Adams reads his personal copy of Thomas Jefferson's "Notes on the State of Virginia" on his travels from Paris to London to become Minister to England.

For most of America's history books have not been as egalitarian as they may seem in the age of Amazon.

One serious inconvenience of an unfunded debt is that it contributes to the scarcity of money.

Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.

Adam Smith allotted a large proportion of his annual savings to offices of secret charities.

A recurring lesson of The Wealth of Nations is that we shouldn't get greedy.

Adam Smith's suggestion of the economic primacy of self-interest didn't appall any of his readers.

Coercion destroys the mutually beneficial nature of trade, which destroys the trading, which destroys the division of labor which destroys the self-interest.

Taft is optimistic about Republican chances in 1910 and 1912 after his three month tour of the country.

Despite Taft's nomination at the Republican convention, cracks being to appear in the GOP solidarity

One group's claims to feeling threatened and voiceless are often met by another group's derision because it discounts their own feelings or persecution.

America's elites today often don't realize how judgmental they are.

Henry Adams begins writing his "Education of Henry Adams" including his Dynamic Theory of history and his own take on Theodore Roosevelt's legacy.

Once truth has become oracular rather than factual, evidence is irrelevant.

History does not repeat, but it does instruct.

Its just the table of contents

Kwame Anthony Appiah argues that trying to classify people into a few races is like trying to classify books in a library.

Southerners' certainty was tinged with doubt and a chronic yearning for rootedness.

The British were the last to the process of exploration and had some of its most difficult trials and spectacular failures.

The vibrancy of American thought lies in the movement of ideas as they have been enlisted to mean different things to different people throughout the American past.

Elihu Root signals his intent to leave the Roosevelt administration and return to private law practice.

Former President Cleveland is rejected for Roosevelt's board of arbitration to settle the coal strike of 1902 only to be replaced by Carroll Wright.

John Hay reviews Roosevelt's progress on his first few months in office as President.

Roosevelt assess his political situation as his train travels from Albany to Buffalo.

Roosevelt speeds towards North Creek station on his way to Buffalo to take the oath of office as President.

Notes on "Appointment At Buffalo"

Judge William Howard Taft, head Commissioner of the Philippines, recommends passage of the Spooner Bill.

Admiral Dewey's wife upsets the normal order of appearance at a White House dinner.

The single resolution to detach oneself from all the beliefs one has once accepted as true is not an example that everyone ought to follow.