Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind

so that you may be able to prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

Romans 12.

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The eldest son of the extraordinary Theodore Roosevelt was himself quite extraordinary.

A star football player at Harvard. After college he established himself in business. Like his father he was a sportsman, an avid

reader, a gifted writer, an inspiring speaker, an unfettered visionary, a devoted husband and father, and a pious churchman.

It is little wonder then that he was successful in virtually every enterprise that he undertook.

He married Eleanor Alexander, descended from strong Presbyterian stock on one side from

Archibald

Alexander, the president of Hampton, Sydney College,

and the founder of Princeton Seminary,

and on the other side from John Brown,

the Scots Covenantor, and Matthew Brown, president of both

Washington College and Jefferson College. Her mother was descended from two

Pilgrim Families who came over on the Mayflower.

Eleanor proved to be a propitious addition to the family,

beautiful, smart, courageous, and strong-willed enough to gladly endure the

rambunctious escapades of the Roosevelt Clan. In 1917, when America entered World War I,

three years into the wrenching conflict,

both immediately volunteered for service. Eleanor Eleanor in the Medical Corps, and Ted Jr. in the Army.

His evident leadership won for him rapid promotion through the ranks to Colonel. He was given command of the

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