Alice Hathaway Lee was only 17 years old when she met Teddy Roosevelt in 1878. The future U.S. president was a student at Harvard University. Roosevelt was a classmate of Lee’s cousin and it was at their house they met.
As soon as Roosevelt met Alice, he wrote of her constantly in his diary. He was smitten with her. He found her beautiful and charming. He was so obsessed with Alice that he wrote of her all the time. He chronicled her acts of recognition of him, her quiet smiles, her silences — every action he saw her take, as though he never wanted to forget the slightest detail.
Eight months later, Roosevelt proposed marriage, but Alice was in no hurry. She made him wait eight more months before she agreed and the wedding was later that year.
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Love & Hope — Episode 13:
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I’d forgotten what I said about her necklace, but she hadn’t forgotten
Hearing what your gut whispers might save you from wrong path
Booing Ron Paul evidence that voters don’t want honest conversation
Class experiment is evidence: Folks want something for nothing
Another firm ‘going Galt’ as hedge broker blasts financial corruption
More dependence ahead now that half of households get U.S. checks