November 14, 1914. My dear Mr. Crothers: Of course, we were both of us very much pleased to receive your last essay, and, as usual, I entirely agree with what you [struck: say] [inserted: write Hester.] The theory of "divine right" is not rendered less absurd if transferred from one man to a million. What is needed for the ordinary voter is plain, ordinary commonsense[inserted: .] [struck: j][inserted: J]ust as you say[inserted: ,] [inserted: d]emocracy is a form of government only fit for people [struck: in a high state] of [inserted: high] moral calibre. For such a people as ours, it is on the whole not only the best but the only possible form of government. With all our faults, we govern ourselves better than any one man, or group of men, can govern us. We submit now and then to the Murphys, Penroses, Lorimers, Barnes, and the like, but, at any rate, we can and do, on occasions, throw them out of power, with no more revolutionary instruments than our ballots. Good luck be with you always: Faithfully yours, Theodore Roosevelt Samuel McCord Crothers, Esq., c/o Houghton, Mifflin, & Company, Boston, Mass.